Sex and depot differences in ex vivo adipose tissue fatty acid storage and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase activity

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 308, Issue 9, 2015, Pages E830-E846

  Morgan Bathke, Maria ^a   Chen, Liang ^a,c   Oberschneider, Elisabeth ^a,b   Harteneck, Debra ^a   Jensen, Michael D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Guang'anmen Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Fat distribution; Glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase 1; Omental fat; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION; AGED; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PALMITIC ACID; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84929663746     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00424.2014     Document Type: Article

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