Fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) protein regulates adult neurogenesis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 2398-2411

  Li, Liping ^a,b   Zang, Liqun ^a,b   Zhang, Feiran ^c   Chen, Junchen ^b   Shen, Hui ^b   Shu, Liqi ^c,d   Liang, Feng ^b   Feng, Chunyue ^b   Chen, Deng ^e   Tao, Huikang ^b   Xu, Tianlei ^f   Li, Ziyi ^f   Kang, Yunhee ^c   Wu, Hao ^f   Tang, Lichun ^g   Zhang, Pumin ^g   Jin, Peng ^c   Shu, Qiang ^b   Li, Xuekun ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BEIJING INSTITUTE OF LIFEOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KETOGLUTARATE DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE FTO; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FTO PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OBESITY;

ALPHA-KETOGLUTARATE-DEPENDENT DIOXYGENASE FTO; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; OBESITY;

EID: 85031923608     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx128     Document Type: Article

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