Tenomodulin promotes human adipocyte differentiation and beneficial visceral adipose tissue expansion

Expansion of visceral adipose tissue is usually associated with insulin resistance and metabolic disease. Here, the authors show that the membrane protein TNMD is upregulated in visceral fat of insulin resistant obese individuals and promotes healthy adipose tissue expansion through increasing adipo...

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Main Authors: Ozlem Senol-Cosar, Rachel J. Roth Flach, Marina DiStefano, Anil Chawla, Sarah Nicoloro, Juerg Straubhaar, Olga T. Hardy, Hye Lim Noh, Jason K. Kim, Martin Wabitsch, Philipp E. Scherer, Michael P. Czech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10686