Effects of obesity and stable weight reduction on UCP2 and UCP3 gene expression in humans

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Vidal Puig, Antonio ^a   Rosenbaum, Michael ^b   Considine, Robert C ^c   Leibel, Rudolph L ^b   Dohm, G Lynis ^d   Lowell, Bradford B ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Obesity; UCP; Uncoupling proteins; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRION; OBESITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033087317     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00694.x     Document Type: Article

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