Dietary conjugated linoleic acid decreases adipocyte size and favorably modifies adipokine status and insulin sensitivity in obese, insulin-resistant rats

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1601-1611

  Noto, Amy ^a   Zahradka, Peter ^a   Yurkova, Natalia ^a   Xie, Xueping ^a   Truong, Han ^a   Nitschmann, Evan ^a   Ogborn, Malcolm R ^a   Taylor, Carla G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LINOLEIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ZUCKER RAT;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ION CHANNELS; LEPTIN; LINOLEIC ACIDS, CONJUGATED; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PPAR GAMMA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RESISTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 35848968483     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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