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Genetic link between obesity and MMP14-dependent adipogenic collagen turnover.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2010
Chun Tae-Hwa, Inoue Mayumi, Morisaki Hiroko, Yamanaka Itaru, Miyamoto Yoshihiro, Okamura Tomonori, Sato-Kusubata Kaori, Weiss Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In white adipose tissue, adipocytes and adipocyte precursor cells are enmeshed in a dense network of type I collagen fibrils. The fate of this pericellular collagenous web in diet-induced obesity, however, is unknown. This study seeks to identify the genetic underpinnings of proteolytic collagen turnover and their association with obesity progression in mice and humans. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The...
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