Depot- and sex-specific differences in human leptin mRNA expression: Implications for the control of regional fat distribution

Diabetes

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-347

  Montague, Carl T ^a   Prins, Johannes B ^a,b   Sanders, Louise ^a   Digby, Janet E ^a   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031054698     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.46.3.342     Document Type: Article

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