Genetic variability affects the development of brown adipocytes in white fat but not in interscapular brown fat

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-51

  Xue, Bingzhong ^a,b   Rim, Jong Seop ^a   Hogan, Jessica C ^a   Coulter, Ann A ^a   Koza, Robert A ^a   Kozak, Leslie P ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoblot analysis; Immunohistology; Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1; Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Transcription factors of adipogenesis; White fat development

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845977987     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M600287-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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