Immunohistochemical localization of leptin and uncoupling protein in white and brown adipose tissue

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 797-804

  Cinti, Saverio ^a   Frederich, Robert C ^b   Zingaretti, M Cristina ^a   De Matteis, Rita ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^b   Lowell, Bradford B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROPERITONEUM; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0031053535     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.2.4908     Document Type: Article

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