Regulation of brown adipose tissue development and white fat reduction by L-arginine

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 529-538

  Wu, Zhenlong ^a   Satterfield, Michael C ^b   Bazer, Fuller W ^b   Wu, Guoyao ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brown adipose tissue; L arginine; metabolism; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FAT DROPLET; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN P53; SIRTUIN 3; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ANGIOGENESIS; BIOGENESIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESODERM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE GROWTH; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PPAR GAMMA; PREGNANCY; RATS; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS;

EID: 84868239129     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283595cff     Document Type: Review

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