Adipocyte differentiation and leptin expression

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1997, Pages 231-259

  Hwang, Cheng Shine ^a   Loftus, Thomas M ^a   Mandrup, Susanne ^b   Lane, M Daniel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C EBP; Obese gene; Obesity; PPAR; Preadipocyte

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDOMETACIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031439876     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.13.1.231     Document Type: Review

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