Cinnamon extract regulates glucose transporter and insulin-signaling gene expression in mouse adipocytes

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Cao, Heping ^a,b   Graves, Donald J ^c   Anderson, Richard A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii); Diabetes; Gene expression; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN AKT1; PROTEIN IGF1; PROTEIN IGF1R; PROTEIN IGF2; PROTEIN IGF2R; PROTEIN INS1; PROTEIN INS2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN PIK3CB; PROTEIN PIK3R1; PROTEIN SHC; PROTEIN SHC1; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; SOS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOKINES; ANIMALS; CINNAMOMUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; INSULIN; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CINNAMOMUM BURMANNII; CINNAMOMUM VERUM;

EID: 77957768643     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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