About Enhancer

Enhancer ID: E_01_0459
Species: human
Position : chr17:82075550-82077550
Biosample name:
Experiment class : High+Lowthroughput
Enhancer type: Enhancer
Disease: Type 2 diabetes (t2d)
Pubmed ID:  29789508
Enhancer experiment: Oil Red O Staining,MTT assay,Quantitative Real-Time PCR,Western Blot
Enhancer experiment description: Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the effect of metformin on adipocyte differentiation is biphasic and dose-dependent. Lower concentrations of metformin induce adipogenesis, which could be mediated in an AMPK-independent manner, while higher concentrations of metformin inhibit adipogenesis via AMPK activation.

About Target gene

Target gene : FASN
Strong evidence: qRT-PCR,qPCR,ChIP,3C
Less strong evidence: RNA-Seq
Target gene experiment description: Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the effect of metformin on adipocyte differentiation is biphasic and dose-dependent. Lower concentrations of metformin induce adipogenesis, which could be mediated in an AMPK-independent manner, while higher concentrations of metformin inhibit adipogenesis via AMPK activation.

About TF

TF name : --
TF experiment: Oil Red O Staining,MTT assay,Quantitative Real-Time PCR,Western Blot
TF experiment description: Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the effect of metformin on adipocyte differentiation is biphasic and dose-dependent. Lower concentrations of metformin induce adipogenesis, which could be mediated in an AMPK-independent manner, while higher concentrations of metformin inhibit adipogenesis via AMPK activation.

About Function

Enhancer function : Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the effect of metformin on adipocyte differentiation is biphasic and dose-dependent. Lower concentrations of metformin induce adipogenesis, which could be mediated in an AMPK-independent manner, while higher concentrations of metformin inhibit adipogenesis via AMPK activation.
Enhancer function experiment: Immunohistochemical staining
Enhancer function
experiment description:
Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the effect of metformin on adipocyte differentiation is biphasic and dose-dependent. Lower concentrations of metformin induce adipogenesis, which could be mediated in an AMPK-independent manner, while higher concentrations of metformin inhibit adipogenesis via AMPK activation.

About SNP

SNP ID: --

Upstream Pathway Annotation of TF

GeneName Pathway Name Source Gene Number

Enhancer associated network

The number on yellow line represents the distance between enhancer and target gene

Expression of target genes for the enhancer


Enhancer associated SNPs