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Early induction of a brown-like phenotype by rosiglitazone in the epicardial adipose tissue of fatty Zucker rats.
Biochimie - 1 Aug 2012
Distel Emilie, Penot Graziella, Cadoudal Thomas, Balguy Irène, Durant Sylvie, Benelli Chantal
Abstract excerpt
The epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is "hypertrophied" in the obese. Thiazolidinediones are anti-diabetic, hypolipidemic drugs and are selective agonists for the gamma isoform of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ). We evaluated the short-term effects of the prototype rosiglitazone (RSG, 5 mg kg(-1) day(-1) for 4 days) on the expression of the genes and proteins (by real-time PCR and Western blot)...
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