Hypoxia and the endocrine and signalling role of white adipose tissue

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Trayhurn, Paul ^a   Wang, Bohan ^a   Wood, I Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Adipokine; Hypoxia; Inflammation; Oxygen; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; OXYGEN;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOKINES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54349124582     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: 17444160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13813450802306602     Document Type: Review

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