Knockdown of the fat mass and obesity gene disrupts cellular energy balance in a cell-type specific manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Pitman, Ryan T ^a   Fong, Jason T ^a   Billman, Penny ^a   Puri, Neelu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE KINASE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; FTO PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ENERGY; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN SH SY5Y; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FAT MASS AND OBESITY GENE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; MICE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861884621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038444     Document Type: Article

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