Atrophy of brown adipocytes in the adult mouse causes transformation into white adipocyte-like cells

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 518-526

  Kim, Dae Whan ^a   Kim, Beom Sue ^a   Kwon, Hee Seok ^a   Kim, Chan Gil ^b   Lee, Han Woong ^c   Choi, Woong Hwan ^a   Kim, Chul Geun ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipocyte differentiation; Brown adipose tissue; Energy homeostasis; Genetic tissue ablation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; INSULIN; LEPTIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 1642501172     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emm.2003.67     Document Type: Article

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