Identification of genes specifically expressed in the accumulated visceral adipose tissue of OLETF rats

Identification of genes specifically expressed in the accumulated visceral adipose tissue of OLETF rats

The Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rat is an animal model of type 2 diabetes, characterized by abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. To elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism of obesity and its related complications, we used representational differen...

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Main Authors: Kazuyuki Hida, Jun Wada, Hong Zhang, Keita Hiragushi, Yoshinori Tsuchiyama, Kenichi Shikata, Hirofumi Makino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2000-10-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
obesity
OLETF rats
visceral adipose tissue
representational difference analysis
PCR-based subtraction method
molecular cloning
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