Minireview: Nuclear hormone receptor 4A signaling: Implications for metabolic disease

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1891-1903

  Pearen, Michael A ^a   Muscat, George E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; FATTY ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN NOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77957329141     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0015     Document Type: Short Survey

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