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In this study, we evaluated the anti-obesity effects of Rg1 in 3T3-L1 adipocyte cells and HFD-induced obese C57BL\/6J mice. Administration of Rg1 to HFD-induced obese mice significantly decreased body weight, total cholesterol, and total triglyceride levels. In addition to effects in 3T3-L1 cells, Rg1 reduced the accumulation of lipid droplets in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, Rg1 exhibits an anti-adipogenic effect via regulation of the expression of the transcriptional factors and lipid metabolism-related genes in vivo and in vitro. We observed that Rg1 administration significantly increased the phosphorylation level of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in both epididymal white adipose tissue and 3T3-L1 cells. These results indicated that Rg1 works both in an anti-adipogenic and anti-obesity manner through inducing AMPK activation, inhibiting lipogenesis, and decreasing intracellular lipid content, adipocyte size, and adipose weight.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu10070830","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,27]],"date-time":"2018-06-27T11:02:05Z","timestamp":1530097325000},"page":"830","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":97,"title":["Antiobesity Effects of Ginsenoside Rg1 on 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes and High Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice Mediated by AMPK"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2265-2961","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Huimin","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"},{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Corn Deep Processing, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meihong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Corn Deep Processing, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"},{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongyu","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Medicine Science Academy of Jilin Province, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sanabil","family":"Yaqoob","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Corn Deep Processing, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"},{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingzhu","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Corn Deep Processing, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"},{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Cai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Corn Deep Processing, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"},{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingsheng","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Engineering Laboratory for Wheat and Corn Deep Processing, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"},{"name":"College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin 130118, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1614362","article-title":"Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years","volume":"377","author":"Collaborators","year":"2017","journal-title":"N. 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