Elevated β2-adrenoceptor protein concentration in adipose tissue from obese subjects is closely related to the body mass index and waist/hip ratio

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Rasmussen, Mads ^a   Almdal, Thomas ^a   Bratholm, Palle ^a   Christensen, Niels Juel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Catecholamine; Fasting; Reverse transcription PCR HPLC; Western blot

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; HORMONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FASTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037329525     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020215     Document Type: Article

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