Meet the Professor Sessions

Clifford Rosen (Scarborough, USA)

Update on bone and fat

Topics to be covered

• The origin of adipocytes and osteoblasts
• Transcriptional factors that regulate adipogenesis
• Clinical syndromes associated with bone marrow adiposity
• The relationship of visceral fat to bone

Educational goals

After attending this Meet the Professor session, participants will be expected to:

• understand the mesenchymal origins of osteoblasts and adipocytes
• determine how PPARG is regulated and degraded
• define the marrow adiposity phenotype
• clarify the relationship of adipose tissue to trabecular and cortical bone

Target audience

• Scientists and clinicians

Teaching methods

• Handouts with case presentation and a few slides