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ArticleJournal of immunoassay & immunochemistry2012

Determination of PPARγ activity in adipose tissue and spleen.

Siu-Lung Chan, Marilyn J Cipolla

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Article in Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The importance of the nuclear positioning of the PPARG gene for its expression during porcine in vitro adipogenesis.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2019
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  6. Treatment for cerebral small vessel disease: effect of relaxin on the function and structure of cerebral parenchymal arterioles during hypertension.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Siu-Lung ChanDepartment of Neurology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. siu-lung.chan@uvm.edu
Marilyn J Cipolla
University of Vermont · US

Funding

Impact of SAH on Parenchymal Arterioles and Neurovascular CouplingP01HL095488 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI BONEV, ADRIAN · 2010 to 2014
$11.4M
The Role of the Blood Brain Barrier in Seizure During Pregnancy and PreeclampsiaR01NS045940 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI CIPOLLA, MARILYN J · 2003 to 2018
$4.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL095488NINDS NIH HHS 3R01 NS045940-05S1NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARγ) is a nuclear transcription factor that regulates many genes and is involved in extensive biological functions. Accurately determining PPARγ activity in various tissues is important to understanding mechanisms of human physiology and pathophysiology. Thus, we evaluated a PPARγ DNA binding immunoassay using nuclear extracts of spleen and adipose tissue from rats treated with rosiglitazone (20 mg/kg in food, seven days, n = 6) or vehicle (n = 6) and compared the results to mRNA expression of PPARγ target genes--a well-established method to investigate PPARγ activity. In adipose tissue, the PPARγ immunoassay showed that rosiglitazone did not change PPARγ binding, but qPCR analysis showed that expression of two PPARγ target genes, CD36 and liver X receptor-α, were significantly increased. In spleen, the PPARγ immunoassay showed that rosiglitazone decreased PPARγ binding, but qPCR analysis showed no significant change. The different results obtained between PPARγ binding immunoassay and target gene expression suggest that PPARγ immunoassays may not be suitable when used with fresh homogenates of spleen and adipose tissue. Validation of the assay with each individual tissue is recommended.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueAnimalsFemaleGene ExpressionImmunoassayPolymerase Chain ReactionPPAR gammaRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpleenPPAR gamma

Identifiers

PMID22738654
PMCPMC3386555
OpenAlexW1995640546

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