Hei Sook Sul
Professor
hsul@berkeley.edu
Transcriptional regulation of lipogenesis and the role of USF and SREBP in the activation of fatty acid synthase promoter. Regulation of adipocyte differentiation, Pref-1 and ADSF/resistin, factors which are secreted from adipose tissue and inhibit adipogenesis. 3T3-L1 cells in culture and transgenic/ knockout mice are used to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying these processes which contribute to obesity.