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SUBMITTER: Hevener AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1868788 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hevener Andrea L AL Olefsky Jerrold M JM Reichart Donna D Nguyen M T Audrey MT Bandyopadyhay Gautam G Leung Ho-Yin HY Watt Matthew J MJ Benner Chris C Febbraio Mark A MA Nguyen Anh-Khoi AK Folian Brian B Subramaniam Shankar S Gonzalez Frank J FJ Glass Christopher K CK Ricote Mercedes M
The Journal of clinical investigation 20070524 6
PPAR gamma is required for fat cell development and is the molecular target of antidiabetic thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which exert insulin-sensitizing effects in adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and liver. Unexpectedly, we found that inactivation of PPAR gamma in macrophages results in the development of significant glucose intolerance plus skeletal muscle and hepatic insulin resistance in lean mice fed a normal diet. This phenotype was associated with increased expression of inflammatory marker ...[more]