Protective effects of leptin during the suckling period against later obesity may be associated with changes in promoter methylation of the hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin gene

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 769-778

  Palou, M ^a,b   Picó, Catalina ^a,b   McKay, J A ^c   Sanchez J ^a,b   Priego, T ^a,b   Mathers, J C ^c   Palou, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Leptin; Methylation; Obesity; Pomc

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPR GENE; LIPID DIET; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; POMC GENE; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REVIEW; SOCS3 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DNA METHYLATION; LEPTIN; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80053023570     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511000973     Document Type: Review

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