The effects of a high fat diet on leptin mRNA, serum leptin and the response to leptin are not altered in a rat strain susceptible to high fat diet-induced obesity

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1606-1613

  Lin, Xi ^a,d   Chavez, Mark R ^b,d   Bruch, Richard C ^c   Kilroy, Gail E ^d   Simmons, Linda A ^d   Lin, Ling ^d   Braymer, H Douglas ^d   Bray, George A ^d   York, David A ^d  

^a Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Dietary fat; Leptin; Obesity; Rats

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA PROBE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0031657505     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1606     Document Type: Article

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