Lentivirus-Mediated α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Overexpression in the Hypothalamus Decreases Diet Induced Obesity in Mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1298-1307

  Eerola, K ^a,b   Nordlund, W ^a   Virtanen, S ^a   Dickens, A M ^a   Mattila, M ^a   Ruohonen, S T ^a   Chua, S C ^c   Wardlaw, S L ^d   Savontaus, M ^a,e   Savontaus, E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Drug Discovery Section   (Finland)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

MSH; Mice; Neuropeptides; Obesity; POMC

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MELANIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIS; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DIET; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS; LENTIVIRINAE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIET; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY;

EID: 84888221624     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12109     Document Type: Article

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