Fasting and postprandial plasma concentrations of acylation-stimulation protein (ASP) in lean and obese pima Indians compared to caucasians

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 444-452

  Weyer, Christian ^a,b   Pratley, Richard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; C3adesarg; Complement; Ethnicity; Triglyceride synthesis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT C3A, DES ARG (77); COMPLEMENT C3A, DES-ARG-(77); COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ARIZONA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT C3A; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0033195291     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00432.x     Document Type: Article

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