Uncoupling protein-2 gene: Reduced mRNA expression in intraperitoneal adipose tissue of obese humans

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 940-946

  Oberkofler, H ^a   Liu, Y M ^a   Esterbauer, H ^a   Hell, E ^b   Krempler, F ^b   Patsch, W ^a,c  

^a Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus Hallein   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Energy homeostasis; Gene expression; Obesity; RT PCR; Uncoupling protein 2

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADULT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC OBESITY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY, MORBID; PERITONEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 0031816020     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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