Leptin induces fasting hypoglycaemia in a mouse model of diabetes through the depletion of glycerol

Diabetologia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1100-1108

  Denroche, Heather C ^a   Kwon, Michelle M ^a   Quong, Whitney L ^a   Neumann, Ursula H ^a   Kulpa, Jerzy E ^a   Karunakaran, Subashini ^a   Clee, Susanne M ^a   Brownsey, Roger W ^a   Covey, Scott D ^a   Kieffer, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Hypoglycaemia; Leptin; Lipid metabolism; Mouse; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLYCEROL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIVER; MICE;

EID: 84940006145     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3529-4     Document Type: Article

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