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FIAT Deletion Increases Bone Mass But Does Not Prevent High-Fat-Diet-Induced Metabolic Complications.
Endocrinology - 1 Feb 2017
Hekmatnejad Bahareh, Yu Vionnie W C, Addison William, Mandic Vice, Pellicelli Martin, Arabian Alice, St-Arnaud René
Abstract excerpt
Factor inhibiting activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4)-mediated transcription (FIAT) interacts with ATF4 to repress its transcriptional activity. We performed a phenotypic analysis of Fiat-deficient male mice (Fiat-/Y) at 8 and 16 weeks of age. Microcomputed tomography analysis of the distal femur demonstrated 46% and 13% age-dependent increases in trabecular bone volume and thickness, respectively, in...
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