Programming of hepatic insulin-sensitive enzymes in offspring of rat dams fed a protein-restricted diet

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 35-5, 1997, Pages

  Desai, Mina ^a   Byrne, Christopher D ^a   Zhang, Junlong ^a   Petry, Clive J ^a   Lucas, Alan ^b   Hales, C Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gene expression; Glucagon; Glucokinase; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 0030943504     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.5.g1083     Document Type: Article

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