Aquaporin-7 and glycerol permeability as novel obesity drug-target pathways

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 345-347

  Frühbeck, Gema ^a   Catalán, Victoria ^a   Gómez Ambrosi, Javier ^a   Rodríguez, Amaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN 7; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ITO CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; AQUAPORINS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 33745482429     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2006.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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