Review Article
Biology of Beige Adipocyte and Possible Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Table 1
Characteristic of different kind of adipocyte tissue.
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Conditions that stimulate the thermogenic activity of beige adipocytes. TZD: thiazolidinedione; FGF21: fibroblast growth factor 21; UCP1: uncoupling protein 1; PGC-1: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator alpha 1; ASC-1: adipocyte-specific cell surface protein; FABP4: fatty acid binding protein 4; Zic1: zinc finger protein 1; Lhx8: LIM/homeobox protein; Eva1: epithelial V-like antigen 1; Pdk4: pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4; CD 137: cluster of differentiation 137; Tbx1: T-box transcription factor 1; Cited1: Cbp/P300-interacting transactivator 1; Tmem26: transmembrane protein 26; CIDEA: Cell death-inducing DFFA-like effector. |