Morphologic and molecular changes induced by recombinant human leptin in the white and brown adipose tissues of C57BL/6 mice

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-256

  Sarmiento, Ulla ^a   Benson, Bill ^a   Kaufman, Steve ^a   Ross, Larry ^a   Qi, Meiying ^a   Scully, Sheila ^a   DiPalma, Christopher ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0030755270     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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