Fatty acid synthase and liver triglyceride metabolism: Housekeeper or messenger?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1821, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 747-753

  Jensen Urstad, Anne P L ^a,b   Semenkovich, Clay F ^a,b  

^a Division of Endocrinology Metabolism and Lipid Research   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fatty liver; Lipid signaling; Obesity; Post translational regulation; PPAR

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLIC AMP; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FATTY LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PPAR ALPHA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84859161710     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.09.017     Document Type: Review

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