Title : Getting 'Smad' about obesity and diabetes.

Pub. Date : 2012 Mar 5

PMID : 23449528






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1 In this review, we discuss the pleiotropic effects of TGF-beta/Smad3 signaling on metabolism and energy homeostasis, all of which has an important part in the etiology and progression of obesity-linked diabetes; these include adipocyte differentiation, white to brown fat phenotypic transition, glucose and lipid metabolism, pancreatic function, insulin signaling, adipocytokine secretion, inflammation and reactive oxygen species production. Reactive Oxygen Species SMAD family member 3 Homo sapiens