Developmental origin of adipocytes: new insights into a pending question

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The current epidemic of obesity has caused a surge of interest in the study of adipose tissue formation. Much progress has been made in defining the transcriptional networks controlling the terminal differentiation of preadipocytes into mature adipocytes. However, the mechanisms that direct MSCs (mesenchymal stem cells) down the adipocyte lineage remain largely unknown. Similarly, although adipocytes are...

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