Genetics of visceral obesity and insulin resistance: Relationship to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Groop, L ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FAT; FATTY ACID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032469618     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-6374(98)80019-1     Document Type: Review

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