Contrasting metabolic effects of medium-versus long-chain fatty acids in skeletal muscle

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3322-3333

  Montgomery, Magdalene K ^a,c   Osborne, Brenna ^a   Brown, Simon H J ^c,d   Small, Lewin ^a   Mitchell, Todd W ^d   Cooney, Gregory J ^a,b   Turner, Nigel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Insulin signalling; Metabolic disease,mitochondrial metabolism; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

INSULIN SIGNALLING; METABOLIC DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; CELL RESPIRATION; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84887866253     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M040451     Document Type: Article

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