Metabolic impact of the glycerol channels AQP7 and AQP9 in adipose tissue and liver

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lebeck, Janne ^a,b  

^a Danish Diabetes Academy   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Glycerol metabolism; Liver; Obesity; Triglycerides; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADENINE; ADRENALIN; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 7; AQUAPORIN 9; ARSENIC; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; FATTY ACID; FLUOROURACIL; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; ISOPRENALINE; MANNITOL; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST; PHLORETIN; PIRINIXIC ACID; SORBITOL; STREPTOZOCIN; THIOUREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URACIL; UREA;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIET RESTRICTION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; LIVER CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; TESTIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; GLYCEROL METABOLISM; LIVER; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES; TYPE 2 DIABETES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LIVER; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897898800     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-13-0268     Document Type: Review

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