Mitofusin 2 as a Driver That Controls Energy Metabolism and Insulin Signaling

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1020-1031

  Zorzano, Antonio ^a,b,c   Hernández Alvarez, María Isabel ^a,b,c   Sebastián, David ^a,b,c   Muñoz, Juan Pablo ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LIPID; MITOFUSIN 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MFN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

CELL METABOLISM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN RESPONSE; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84926657255     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2014.6208     Document Type: Review

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