Mutation in the leptin receptor (Lepr(fa)) causes fat-storage- independent hyperleptinaemia in neonatal rats

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 438, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 570-572

  Hufnagel, Carmen ^a   Eiden, Sandra ^a   Nuesslein Hildesheim, Barbara ^a   Zhang, Yiying ^b   Leibel, Rudy ^b   Schmidt, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Co dominance; fa fa rats; Juvenile; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEPTIN; MUTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, ZUCKER; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032872844     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240051077     Document Type: Article

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