Absence of ghrelin protects against early-onset obesity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3573-3578

  Wortley, Katherine E ^a   Del Rincon, Juan Pablo ^b   Murray, Jane D ^a   Garcia, Karen ^a   Iida, Keiji ^b   Thorner, Michael O ^b   Sleeman, Mark W ^a,c  

^a REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID DIET; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CARBOHYDRATES; DIET; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE; HETEROZYGOTE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIGANDS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; OXYGEN; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31044452189     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI26003     Document Type: Article

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