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Characterization of regulators that are associated with adipose development is crucial to understanding the mechanisms underlying obesity and other metabolic disorders. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is a secreted glycoprotein that was first described as a neurotrophic factor. The role of PEDF in lipid metabolism was established when adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), a major triglyceride hydrolase, was characterized as its binding partner. In this study, we investigated the downstream effects of PEDF on adipogenic differentiation using rat adipose-derived stem cells (AdSCs) and the mouse pre-adipocyte cell line 3T3-L1. Knocking down PEDF in differentiating cells resulted in elevated levels of ATGL and CD36, as well as other adipogenic markers, with a concomitant increase in adipocyte number. CD36, a scavenger receptor for a variety of ligands, regulated proliferation and lipogenic gene expression during adipogenesis. The CD36 increase due to PEDF down-regulation might be a result of elevated PPAR\u03b3. We further demonstrated that PEDF expression was regulated by dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid that is widely used for adipogenesis at the transcriptional level. 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