PPAR gamma 2 prevents lipotoxicity by controlling adipose tissue expandability and peripheral lipid metabolism.

Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma 2 (PPARg2) is the nutritionally regulated isoform of PPARg. Ablation of PPARg2 in the ob/ob background, PPARg2<sup>-/-</sup> Lep<sup>ob</sup>/Lep<sup>ob</sup> (POKO mouse), resulted in decreased fat mass, severe ins...

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Main Authors: Medina-Gomez, G, Gray, S, Yetukuri, L, Shimomura, K, Virtue, S, Campbell, M, Curtis, R, Jimenez-Linan, M, Blount, M, Yeo, G, Lopez, M, Seppanen-Laakso, T, Ashcroft, F, Oresic, M, Vidal-Puig, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007