title: Lipid metabolism, adipocyte depot physiology and utilization of meat animals as experimental models for metabolic research.
abstract: Meat animals are unique as experimental models for both lipid metabolism and adipocyte studies because of their direct economic value for animal production. This paper discusses the principles that regulate adipogenesis in major meat animals (beef cattle, dairy cattle, and pigs), the definition of adipose depot-specific regulation of lipid metabolism or adipogenesis, and introduces the potential value of these animals as models for metabolic research including mammary biology and the ontogeny of fatty livers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA. dodson@wsu.edu
authors.forename: Michael V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Dodson
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hausman
authors.forename: Leluo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Theodore P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Sylvia P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Poulos
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Werner G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Bergen
authors.forename: Melinda E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fernyhough
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Rhoads
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soret
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reecy
authors.forename: Sandra G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Velleman
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D050156:Adipogenesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D013552:Swine