Obestatin: A new metabolic player in the pancreas and white adipose tissue

IUBMB Life

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 976-982

  Gesmundo, Iacopo ^a   Gallo, Davide ^a   Favaro, Enrica ^a   Ghigo, Ezio ^a   Granata, Riccarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

glucagon like peptide 1 receptor; insulin secretion; obestatin; pancreatic cells; white adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; EXENDIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 2; MESSENGER RNA; OBESTATIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; INSULIN SECRETION; OBESTATIN; PANCREATIC Β-CELLS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; PANCREAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84891278088     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1226     Document Type: Review

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