Upper and lower body adipose tissue function: A direct comparison of fat mobilization in humans

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-118

  Tan, Garry D ^a,c   Goossens, Gijs H ^a   Humphreys, Sandy M ^a   Vidal, Hubert ^b   Karpe, Fredrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free fatty acids; Gene expression; Lipolysis; Regional adipose tissue; Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; FATTY ACID; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BUTTOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTERIES; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTTOCKS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEINS;

EID: 2342635243     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.15     Document Type: Article

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