Early hypothalamic fto overexpression in response to maternal obesity - potential contribution to postweaning hyperphagia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Caruso, Vanni ^a   Chen, Hui ^a,b   Morris, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; FTO PROTEIN, RAT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80053252501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025261     Document Type: Article

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