Disruption of leptin receptor expression in the pancreas directly affects β cell growth and function in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2860-2868

  Morioka, Tomoaki ^a   Asilmaz, Esra ^b   Hu, Jiang ^a   Dishinger, John F ^c   Kurpad, Amarnath J ^a   Elias, Carol F ^d,e   Li, Hui ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^d   Kennedy, Robert T ^c   Kulkarni, Rohit N ^a,f  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; S6 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERPLASIA; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34948825485     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI30910     Document Type: Article

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