Analysis of knockout mice suggests a role for VGF in the control of fat storage and energy expenditure

BMC Physiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Watson, Elizabeth ^a   Fargali, Samira ^a   Okamoto, Haruka ^b   Sadahiro, Masato ^a   Gordon, Ronald E ^a   Chakraborty, Tandra ^a,c   Sleeman, Mark W ^b   Salton, Stephen R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; VGF PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; COLD; CYTOLOGY; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PPAR GAMMA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73349122261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-9-19     Document Type: Article

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