Obesity-programmed mice are rescued by early genetic intervention

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4203-4212

  Bumaschny, Viviana F ^a,b   Yamashita, Miho ^c   Casas Cordero, Rodrigo ^a   Otero Corchón, Verónica ^c   De Souza, Flav́io S J ^a,b   Rubinstein, Marcelo ^a,b   Low, Malcolm J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OBESITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN;

EID: 84868618690     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI62543     Document Type: Article

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