Interestingly, mRNA levels of FABP4 (also designated aP2 or AFABP), which was recently reported to associate with insulin resistance, and adipocyte enhancer binding protein 1 (AEBP1), a transcriptional repressor of the FABP4 gene, were remarkably higher and lower in the knockdown adipocytes, respectively. Here, AEBP1 is linked to Insulin resistance.