Transgenic expression of n-3 fatty acid desaturase (fat-1) in C57/BL6 mice: Effects on glucose homeostasis and body weight

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-817

  Ji, Shaonin ^a   Hardy, Robert W ^b   Wood, Philip A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue specific transgenic mice; Body weight; Fat 1 omega 3 fatty acid desaturase; Gestational lethality; Glucose homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE PROTEIN 2; CARRIER PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUCOSE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HOMOZYGOSITY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 67650079073     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22179     Document Type: Article

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