Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic syndrome-looking for environmental factors

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1800, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-289

  Lee, Hong Kyu ^a   Cho, Young Min ^a   Kwak, Soo Heon ^a   Lim, Soo ^a,b   Park, Kyong Soo ^a   Shim, Eun Bo ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Persistent organic pollutant; Scaling law; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CHLORPHENOTANE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHOXYCHLOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; ATRAZINE; INSULIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; VACOR;

BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPOATROPHY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAMMALS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77049087995     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.11.010     Document Type: Review

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