ABHD17B and metabolic disease: Of these, expression of Z:35565770|35568133, which might function as a crucial mediator in chicken adipogenic differentiation, exhibited a significantly negative correlation with that of its parental gene ABHD17B. ABHD17B, a member of the ABHD protein family and a lipid-metabolizing enzyme at the interface of cell signaling and energy metabolism in mammals, plays a vital role in lipid metabolism, lipid signal transduction, and metabolic disease (Lord et al., 2013).