Downregulation of STRA6 in adipocytes and adipose stromovascular fraction in obesity and effects of adipocyte-specific STRA6 knockdown in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1170-1186

  Zemany, Laura ^a   Kraus, Bettina J ^a,c   Norseen, Julie ^a   Saito, Tsugumichi ^a,d   Peroni, Odile D ^a   Johnson, Randy L ^b   Kahn, Barbara B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DOWN-REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84894242781     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01106-13     Document Type: Article

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