Reduced gene expression of UCP2 but not UCP3 in skeletal muscle of human obese subjects

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 935-939

  Nordfors, L ^a   Hoffstedt, J ^a   Nyberg, B ^a   Thorne A ^a   Arner, P ^a   Schalling, M ^a   Lonnqvist F ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Fuel oxidation; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC OBESITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PROTEINS; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

EID: 0031844583     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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