Taurine (2-Aminoethanesulfonic Acid) deficiency creates a vicious circle promoting obesity

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3276-3284

  Tsuboyama Kasaoka, Nobuyo ^a   Shozawa, Chikako ^a   Sano, Kayo ^a   Kamei, Yasutomi ^a,b   Kasaoka, Seiichi ^c   Hosokawa, Yu ^d   Ezaki, Osamu ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DIOXYGENASE; TAURINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; LIPID DIET; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAURINE DEFICIENCY;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIET; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, OBESE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RATS; TAURINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745167389     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1007     Document Type: Article

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