Neuronal Expression of Glucosylceramide Synthase in Central Nervous System Regulates Body Weight and Energy Homeostasis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Nordström, Viola ^a   Willershäuser, Monja ^b,f   Herzer, Silke ^a   Rozman, Jan ^b,c,f   von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver ^d   Meldner, Sascha ^a   Rothermel, Ulrike ^a   Kaden, Sylvia ^a   Roth, Fabian C ^e   Waldeck, Clemens ^e   Gretz, Norbert ^e   de Angelis, Martin Hrabě ^b,c,f   Draguhn, Andreas ^e   Klingenspor, Martin ^c   Gröne, Hermann Josef ^a   Jennemann, Richard ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GANGLIOSIDE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; UGCG GENE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPENDOVIRUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS;

ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS; MUS;

EID: 84875418118     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001506     Document Type: Article

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