Deletion of Nhlh2 results in a defective torpor response and reduced beta adrenergic receptor expression in adipose tissue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Wankhade, Umesh D ^a   Vella, Kristen R ^b   Fox, Dana L ^a,b   Good, Deborah J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MONOCYTE MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MONOCYTE-MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; NHLH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; WILD TYPE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ADIPOCYTES, BROWN; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

EID: 77957885057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012324     Document Type: Article

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