Sex-associated differences in cold-induced UCP1 synthesis in rodent brown adipose tissue

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 436, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 689-695

  Quevedo, Santiago ^a   Roca, Pilar ^a   Picó, Catalina ^a   Palou, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Brown adipocytes; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 0031712421     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050690     Document Type: Article

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