Publications

Deficiency of fatty acid-binding proteins in mice confers protection from development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Author(s): Reynolds JM, Liu Q, Brittingham KC, Liu Y, Gruenthal M, Gorgun CZ, Hotamisligil GS, Stout RD, Suttles J|Journal: J Immunol|PMID: 17579051| July 2007

Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) act as intracellular receptors for a variety of hydrophobic compounds, enabling their diffusion within the cytoplasmic…

The fatty acid-binding protein, aP2, coordinates macrophage cholesterol trafficking and inflammatory activity. Macrophage expression of aP2 impacts peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and IkappaB kinase activities.

Author(s): Makowski L, Brittingham KC, Reynolds JM, Suttles J, Hotamisligil GS|Journal: J Biol Chem|PMID: 15684432| April 2005

Fatty acid-binding proteins are cytosolic fatty acid chaperones, and the adipocyte isoform, aP2, plays an important role in obesity and…