Resistin gene expression in human adipocytes is not related to insulin resistance

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Janke, Jürgen ^a   Engeli, Stefan ^a   Gorzelniak, Kerstin ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a,b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Adipogenesis; Insulin resistance; Resistin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; RESISTIN; RETN PROTEIN, HUMAN; RETNLB PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESISTIN;

EID: 0036365870     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.1     Document Type: Article

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