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RA/RAR blocks the transcriptional activity of C/EBPβ , which is necessary to trigger the production of PPARγ , the "master regulator" of fat cell development.

Published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry , Vol. 272, No. 34, pp. 21473–21478 (1997). 21478 rar

Retinoic acid is only effective at blocking fat cell formation during the first 24–48 hours of the process. RA/RAR blocks the transcriptional activity of C/EBPβ ,