Overexpression of the obese (ob) gene in adipose tissue of human obese subjects

Nature Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 950-953

  Lönnqvist, Fredrik ^a   Arner, Peter ^a   Nordfors, Louise ^a   Schalling, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SATIATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029050937     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0995-950     Document Type: Article

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