The obesity gene, FTO, is of ancient origin, up-regulated during food deprivation and expressed in neurons of feeding-related nuclei of the brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2062-2071

  Fredriksson, Robert ^a   Hägglund, Maria ^a   Olszewski, Pawel K ^a,b   Stephansson, Olga ^a   Jacobsson, Josefin A ^a   Olszewska, Agnieszka M ^a   Levine, Allen S ^b,c   Lindblom, Jonas ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c Department of Food Science and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; GALANIN LIKE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OBESITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 42249083837     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1457     Document Type: Article

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