Transgenic complementation of leptin-receptor deficiency: I. Rescue of the obesity/diabetes phenotype of lepr-null mice expressing a lepr-b transgene

Diabetes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 425-435

  Kowalski, Timothy J ^a   Liu, Shun Mei ^a   Leibel, Rudolph L ^a   Chua Jr , Streamson C ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STAT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPERPHAGIA; INFERTILITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0035145908     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.2.425     Document Type: Article

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