The impairment of adipogenesis, the process in which fat cells (also known as adipocytes) accumulate to become fat tissue, can lead to many diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and heart conditions.

This study is reported by Changtao Jiang’s group and Dongyu Zhao’s group from School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University. Adipogenesis is the healthy expansion of white adipose tissue (WAT), ...

Obesity now affects nearly half of adults worldwide. Global estimates show about 43 percent of adults are overweight, and 16 percent live with obesity. These numbers matter because excess weight ...

Researchers investigating the role of the protein CD44 in obesity and metabolic health found that CD44-deficient mice stayed lean even on a high-fat diet, while the control mice developed obesity. A ...