Hypothalamic roles of mTOR complex I: Integration of nutrient and hormone signals to regulate energy homeostasis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 310, Issue 11, 2016, Pages E994-E1002

  Hu, Fang ^a   Xu, Yong ^b   Liu, Feng ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy homeostasis; Hormones; Hypothalamus; MTOR; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; HORMONE; MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ADIPOGENESIS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; ANIMAL; EATING; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84983598237     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00121.2016     Document Type: Review

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