Carnitine is necessary to maintain the phenotype and function of brown adipose tissue

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 704-710

  Ozaki, Kiyokazu ^a   Sano, Tomoya ^a   Tsuji, Naho ^a   Matsuura, Tetsuro ^a   Narama, Isao ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; carnitine deficiency; fatty acid oxidation; mitochondria; uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; JUVENILE VISCERAL STEATOSIS MOUSE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79955536573     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.6     Document Type: Article

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