The genetic basis of obesity-associated type 2 diabetes (diabesity) in polygenic mouse models

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 401-412

  Joost, Hans Georg ^a,b   Schürmann, Annette ^a,b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER G1; AMYLOID P COMPONENT; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; INTERFERON ACTIVATED GENE 202B; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROMEDIN U; NEUROMEDIN U RECEPTOR 2; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATIDYL CHOLINE TRANSFER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TBC DOMAIN PROTEIN 1; TOMOSYN 2; TUBERIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2L6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 69; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL GENETICS; DB/DB MOUSE; DBA 2 MOUSE; DIABESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTROGRESSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOUSE MODEL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCROSSING; REVIEW; TALLYHO MOUSE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; CROSS BREEDING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODEL; EPISTASIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OBESITY;

EID: 84929501597     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-014-9514-2     Document Type: Review

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