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Nature Cell Biology 7, 543 - 545 (2005)
doi:10.1038/ncb0605-543
Fickle factor foils fat fate
Ormond A. MacDougald1 & Charles F. Burant1
- Ormond A. MacDougald and Charles F. Burant are at the Departments of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. e-mail: macdouga@umich.edu
Abstract
Factors that determine whether precursor cells will differentiate into adipocytes remain poorly understood. A systematic evaluation of gene expression in cells with a continuum of differentiation potentials has confirmed the importance of certain pathways and has identified a novel regulator of brown adipogenesis.
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