#fat cells

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Scientists Identify an Epigenetic Switch That Can Slow Production of Fat Cells

Understanding how cells become fat cells is a crucial part of tackling conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes – and a new study just ga

Understanding how cells become fat cells is a crucial part of tackling conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes – and a new study just gave us some important clues into how we might prevent them from turning into fat cells. A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology took a closer look at the PPARγ protein, "a master regulator" of fat cell formation. When PPARγ is active, it turns on a network of genes that push a cell to become – and stay – a fat cell, known as an adipocyte.

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An immortal cell line

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Fat Freeing

Mobilising stored fat from white fat tissue is controlled by the influence of transcription factor ZFP189 on the accessibility and therefore expression of the gene encoding an enzyme PDE1B2 – insight for potential obesity management strategies

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Alison C. Ludzki and colleagues

Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Published in Science Advances, January 2024

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Our lab sometimes looks like an art gallery 🎨

[intelligentliving]

CRISPR Gene Editing Could Help You Stay Thin

White fat cells are the ones filled with a lipid that make up fatty deposits – and human adults have lots of them. There’s another type called brown fat cells, which we don’t have many of. They are the ones that burn and store energy. As people age or gain...

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MAST CELL AKA FAT CELL

(Tumblr only has these two gifs that have her in them and they also include ma boi)

Characteristics:

*dont call her a fat cell

*releases histamines

*has to read her manuals

[sapphicfeedist]

Okay but it’s kinda hot to feel fat cells under skin. Like the individual pockets that can be cellulite or just jiggle. Does anyone get what I’m saying? Maybe it’s just me and my belly idk