Elevated hypothalamic beacon gene expression in Psammomys obesus prone to develop obesity and type 2 diabetes

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 605-609

  Walder, K ^a   Ziv, E ^a,b   Kalman, R ^a,b   Whitecross, K ^a   Shafrir, E ^a,b   Zimmet, P ^a,c   Collier, G R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c International Diabetes Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beacon gene; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; Obesity; Psammomys obesus

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEACON GENE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERBILLINAE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; PSAMMOMYS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS;

EID: 0036264808     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801965     Document Type: Article

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