Invited review: Uncoupling proteins and thermoregulation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2187-2198

  Argyropoulos, George ^a   Harper, Mary Ellen ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Brown adipose tissue; Reactive oxygen species; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; CARRIER PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN;

BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; PROTEINS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0036584365     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00994.2001     Document Type: Review

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