Molecular Function
adipogenesis
Subclass of:
Cell Differentiation process
Definitions related to adipogenesis:
  • The differentiation of pre-adipocytes into mature ADIPOCYTES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The production of fat, either fatty degeneration or fatty infiltration; also applied to the normal deposition of fat or to the conversion of carbohydrate or protein to fat.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (adipose tissue development) The process whose specific outcome is the progression of adipose tissue over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Adipose tissue is specialized tissue that is used to store fat.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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