Taurine supplementation restored the changes in pancreatic islet mitochondria in the fetal protein-malnourished rat

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1198-1206

  Lee, Yun Yong ^a   Lee, Hwa Jung ^a   Lee, Seung Sook ^a   Koh, Jae Soo ^a   Jin, Cheng Ji ^b   Park, Sung Hye ^b   Yi, Ka Hi ^a   Park, Kyong Soo ^b,c   Lee, Hong Kyu ^b  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetal protein malnutrition; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Taurine; Thrifty phenotype

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; DNA; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MITOCHONDRIAL COMPLEX II; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1 GENE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETAL MALNUTRITION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MITOCHONDRIAL SHAPE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL AREA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL NUMBER; PANCREATIC ISLET CELL MASS; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX II; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 80054893325     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001632     Document Type: Article

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