Increased adiposity and reduced adipose tissue mRNA expression of uncoupling protein-2 in first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients: Evidence for insulin stimulation of UCP-2 and UCP-3 gene expression in adipose tissue

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-105

  Pedersen, Steen B ^a,b   Nyholm, B ^a   Kristensen, K ^a   Nielsen, M F ^a   Schmitz, O ^a,b   Richelsen, B ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Obesity; Relatives; Type 2 diabetes; UCP 2

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RELATIVE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 12744253819     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2005.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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