Serum bFGF levels are reduced in Japanese overweight men and restored by a 6-month exercise education

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1325-1331

  Seida, A ^a   Wada, J ^a   Kunitomi, M ^a   Tsuchiyama, Y ^a   Miyatake, N ^b   Fujii, M ^b   Kira, S ^a   Takahashi, K ^c   Shikata, K ^a   Makino, H ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Southern Institute of Health   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Exercise; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXERCISE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSTATINS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0242491862     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802408     Document Type: Article

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