Bcl-2 and Bax are involved in the sympathetic protection of brown adipocytes from obesity-linked apoptosis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 431, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-84

  Briscini, Luca ^a   Tonello, Cristina ^a   Dioni, Laura ^a   Carruba, Michele O ^a   Nisoli, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl02; Brown fat; Obesity; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OBESITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032503977     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00730-3     Document Type: Article

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