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The transcription factor ATF4 regulates glucose metabolism in mice through its expression in osteoblasts.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2009
Yoshizawa Tatsuya, Hinoi Eiichi, Jung Dae Young, Kajimura Daisuke, Ferron Mathieu, Seo Jin, Graff Jonathan M, Kim Jason K, Karsenty Gerard
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The recent demonstration that osteoblasts have a role in controlling energy metabolism suggests that they express cell-specific regulatory genes involved in this process. Activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) is a transcription factor that accumulates predominantly in osteoblasts, where it regulates virtually all functions linked to the maintenance of bone mass. Since Atf4-/- mice have smaller fat pads than...
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