LPIN1 is required for adipogenesis and the normal metabolic flux between adipose tissue and liver, where it also acts as an inducible transcriptional coactivator to regulate fatty acid metabolism [56]. LPIN1 variants have been associated with several components of the metabolic syndrome, including body mass, insulin levels, resting metabolic rate, and responsiveness to insulin sensitizers [109, 110]. Here, LPIN1 is linked to metabolic syndrome.