Central leptin gene therapy blocks ovariectomy-induced adiposity

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1312-1319

  Torto, Rita ^a   Boghossian, Stéphane ^a   Dube, Michael G ^a   Kalra, Pushpa S ^a   Kalra, Satya P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Gene therapy; Hypothalamus; Leptin insufficiency; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

ADIPONECTIN; ION CHANNEL; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OVARIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33750577043     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.149     Document Type: Article

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