Berberine improves insulin sensitivity by inhibiting fat store and adjusting adipokines profile in human preadipocytes and metabolic syndrome patients

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yang, Jing ^a   Yin, Jinhua ^a   Gao, Hongfei ^a   Xu, Linxin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Xu, Lu ^b   Li, Ming ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; BERBERINE; FAT; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84859726719     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/363845     Document Type: Article

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