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Takeshi Kanda, Jonathan D. Brown, Gabriela Orasanu, Silke Vogel, Frank J. Gonzalez, Juliano Sartoretto, Thomas Michel, Jorge Plutzky
Published in Volume 119, Issue 1
J Clin Invest. 2009; 119(1):110–124 doi:10.1172/JCI36233
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Tie2Cre-mediated PPARγ deletion decreases white adipose tissue mass and adipocyte size after high-fat diet.

(A) Body weights of mice either with (γEC/BM-KO) or without (γEC/BM-WT) Tie2-mediated PPARγ deletion after standard chow or high-fat diet (12 weeks, here and throughout except as noted; n = 6). (B) Weight gain over time of γEC/BM-WT (gray squares) and γEC/BM-KO (black squares) mice on high-fat diet (n = 7–9/group). SEM < 8% for all measurements. (C) Tissue weight/total body weight of inguinal (ing), epididymal (epi), inguinal plus epididymal fat, liver, spleen, and kidney after standard chow or high-fat diet (12 weeks; n = 6). (D) Histology of epididymal adipose tissue from γEC/BM-KO and γEC/BM-WT mice on standard chow or high-fat diet as above. Scale bar: 200 μm. (E) Mean adipocyte size in γEC/BM-WT versus γEC/BM-KO mice (n = 5/group). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 versus γEC/BM-WT mice under the same diet.