Adipocyte differentiation. When precursors are also regulators.
As well as being the precursors of the triacylglycerols deposited as fat in adipose tissue, long-chain fatty acids are one class of agents that induce the differentiation of preadipocytes to adipocytes.
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Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008830:Microbodies / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C091778:Ppard protein, mouse; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014280:Triglycerides