Leucine Improves Glucose and Lipid Status in Offspring from Obese Dams, Dependent on Diet Type, but not Caloric Intake

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1356-1364

  Chen, H ^a,b   Simar, D ^b   Ting, J H Y ^a   Erkelens, J R S ^b   Morris, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucose tolerance test; Leucine; Lipids; Mammalian target of rapamycin; Maternal obesity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; LEUCINE; LIPID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LACTATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; MATERNAL OBESITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEUCINE; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84866318139     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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