Melanin-concentrating hormone overexpression in transgenic mice leads to obesity and insulin resistance

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 379-386

  Ludwig, David S ^a,b   Tritos, Nicholas A ^c   Mastaitis, Jason W ^c   Kulkarni, Rohit ^c   Kokkotou, Efi ^c   Elmquist, Joel ^a,d   Lowell, Bradford ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^a   Maratos Flier, Eleftheria ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035134670     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI10660     Document Type: Article

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