Expression of constitutively activated Akt in the mammary gland leads to excess lipid synthesis during pregnancy and lactation

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1100-1112

  Schwertfeger, Kathryn L ^a,b   McManaman, James L ^a   Palmer, Carol A ^a   Neville, Margaret C ^a   Anderson, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose transport; Lipid biosynthesis; Milk fat globule; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MILK FAT; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYGLUCOSE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MILK; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0142042372     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M300045-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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