Ablation of NG2 proteoglycan leads to deficits in brown fat function and to adult onset obesity.

Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. We are studying the causes and effects of obesity in C57Bl/6 mice following genetic ablation of NG2, a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan widely expressed in progenitor cells and also in adipocytes. Although global NG2 ablation delays early postnatal adipog...

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Main Authors: Yunchao Chang, Zhi-Gang She, Kenji Sakimura, Amanda Roberts, Karolina Kucharova, David H Rowitch, William B Stallcup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3266271?pdf=render