Leptin reverses insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus in mice with congenital lipodystrophy

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6748, 1999, Pages 73-76

  Shimomura, Ilchiro ^a   Hammer, Robert E ^b   Ikemoto, Shinji ^a   Brown, Michael S ^a   Goldstein, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPODYSTROPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; LIPODYSTROPHY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, OBESE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033517284     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43448     Document Type: Article

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