Taurine supplementation improves liver glucose control in normal protein and malnourished mice fed a high-fat diet

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 423-434

  Batista, Thiago M ^a   Ribeiro, Rosane A ^a,b   da Silva, Priscilla M R ^a   Camargo, Rafael L ^a   Lollo, Pablo C B ^a   Boschero, Antonio C ^a   Carneiro, Everardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glucose homeostasis; Insulin resistance; Obesity; Protein malnutrition; Taurine supplementation

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; AMINO ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LEPTIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; LIPID DIET; LIVER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSITY; AMINO ACIDS; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; LEPTIN; LIVER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; TAURINE;

MUS;

EID: 84875052841     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200345     Document Type: Article

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