UCP1: Its involvement and utility in obesity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages S32-S38

  Kozak, L P ^a   Anunciado Koza, R ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipocytes; Thermogenesis; Transcription synergy; UCP1 transgenic mice; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

FAT; INSULIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 58149529580     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.236     Document Type: Review

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