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Forkhead transcription factor FoxO1 in adipose tissue regulates energy storage and expenditure.
Diabetes - 1 Mar 2008
Nakae Jun, Cao Yongheng, Oki Miyo, Orba Yasuko, Sawa Hirofumi, Kiyonari Hiroshi, Iskandar Kristy, Suga Koji, Lombes Marc, Hayashi Yoshitake
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Adipose tissue serves as an integrator of various physiological pathways, energy balance, and glucose homeostasis. Forkhead box-containing protein O subfamily (FoxO) 1 mediates insulin action at the transcriptional level. However, physiological roles of FoxO1 in adipose tissue remain unclear. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In the present study, we generated adipose tissue-specific FoxO1 transgenic mice...
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