Effect of a cachectic factor on carbohydrate metabolism and attenuation by eicosapentaenoic acid

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1231-1235

  Hussey, H J ^a   Tisdale, M J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); Glucose utilization; Proteolysis inducing factor (PIF)

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CACHEXIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 0033063807     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690490     Document Type: Article

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