An intrinsic gut leptin-melanocortin pathway modulates intestinal microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and lipid absorption

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1929-1942

  Iqbal, Jahangir ^a   Li, Xiaosong ^b   Chang, Benny Hung Junn ^c   Chan, Lawrence ^c   Schwartz, Gary J ^b   Chua Jr , Streamson C ^b   Hussain, M Mahmood ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AGRP; ApoB; Fat absorption; Leptin receptor; MTP; POMC

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFER PROTEIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; AGRP PROTEIN, MOUSE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FAT INTAKE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGOTOMY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; GENETICS; INNERVATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; ENTEROCYTES; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; LEPTIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MELANOCORTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEURONS; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIGLYCERIDES; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 77953486383     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M005744     Document Type: Article

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