Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10763146 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Mechanisms for preadipocyte hyperplasia by pioglitazone, a PPARγ agonist, are shown. ⺠Pioglitazone promotes cell-cycle of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and increases their number. ⺠Pioglitazone downregulates a cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor, p16Ink4a. ⺠PPARγ transrepresses p16Ink4a gene in preadipocytes, which pioglitazone enhances.
Keywords
FACSCDKIT2DM5-bromo-2-deoxyuridineCDKPPARDAPI4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindolePreadipocyteBrdUfluorescence-activated cell sortingType 2 diabetes mellitusObesitycyclin-dependent kinase inhibitorcyclin dependent kinase inhibitorhyperplasiaCell-cyclecyclin dependent kinaseperoxisome proliferator-activated receptorperoxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
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Authors
Arif U. Hasan, Koji Ohmori, Takeshi Hashimoto, Kazuyo Kamitori, Yuko Hirata, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Naoko Okamoto, Takahisa Noma, Hiroaki Kosaka, Masaaki Tokuda, Masakazu Kohno,