Counterintuitive effects of double-heterozygous null melanocortin-4 receptor and leptin genes on diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in C57BL/6J mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-184

  Trevaskis, James L ^a,b   Meyer, Emily A ^a   Galgani, Jose E ^a   Butler, Andrew A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 37549003312     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0868     Document Type: Article

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