Nutrient sensing and inflammation in metabolic diseases

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 923-934

  Hotamisligil, Gökhan S ^a   Erbay, Ebru ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; I KAPPA B KINASE BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADIPOCYTE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 56749164791     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2449     Document Type: Review

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