Regulation of new fat cell formation in rats: the role of dietary fats.

Factors that stimulate formation of new adipocytes during development of obesity are yet to be identified. We examined whether diet acts directly on preadipocytes to stimulate replication and differentiation or indirectly by interacting with adipocytes to release or modify local growth factors. Male...

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Main Authors: G Shillabeer, D C Lau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1994-04-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520411733