Glycerol transport: an additional target for obesity therapy?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 77-78

  Wintour, E Marelyn ^a   Henry, Belinda A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; AQUAPORIN 7; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; RESISTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISFATIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SHORT SURVEY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; OBESITY;

EID: 33645892554     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2006.01.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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