Disruption of a novel regulatory locus results in decreased Bdnf expression, obesity, and type 2 diabetes in mice

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-263

  Sha, Haibo ^a   Xu, Jingyue ^a   Tang, Jing ^a   Ding, Jun ^a   Gong, Jianfeng ^a   Ge, Xiaomei ^a   Kong, Dong ^a,c   Gao, Xiang ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b E Institutes of Shanghai Universities   (China)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Gene regulation; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MOUSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OBESITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 35548941431     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00093.2007     Document Type: Article

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