The metabolic effects of pokeweed mitogen in mice

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-82

  Lazarus, Douglas D ^a   Trimble, Linda A ^b   Moldawer, Lyle L ^b  

^a ProScript   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID; POKEWEED MITOGEN; TRITIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031933695     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(98)90196-2     Document Type: Article

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