Phytanic acid, a novel activator of uncoupling protein-1 gene transcription and brown adipocyte differentiation

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-69

  Schlüter, Agatha ^a   Barberá, Maria José ^a   Iglesias, Roser ^a   Giralt, Marta ^a   Villarroya, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Phytol; Retinoic acid; Retinoid X receptor

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; GENES; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; RNA;

DIETARY PRODUCTS;

PROTEINS;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHYTANIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHYTANIC ACID; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VECTORS;

EID: 0037083983     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3620061     Document Type: Article

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