Obesity

Author(s)

• Litwack, Gerald

Bibliographic Information

Obesity

editor-in-chief, Gerald Litwack

（Vitamins and hormones : advances in research and applications / edited by Robert S. Harris and Kenneth V. Thimann, v. 91）

Academic Press, 2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press. The Editorial Board now reflects expertise in the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms. Under the capable and qualified editorial leadership of Dr. Gerald Litwack, Vitamins and Hormones continues to publish cutting-edge reviews of interest to endocrinologists, biochemists, nutritionists, pharmacologists, cell biologists and molecular biologists. Others interested in the structure and function of biologically active molecules like hormones and vitamins will, as always, turn to this series for comprehensive reviews by leading contributors to this and related disciplines. This volume focuses on obesity.

Table of Contents

Hormonal Regulation of Lipogenesis Laura L. Gathercole, Stuart A. Morgan and Jeremy W. Tomlinson Genetic Determinants of Obesity and Related Vascular Diseases Yaroslav Winter, Roman Sankowski and Tobias Back Brd2 Gene Disruption Causes 'Metabolically Healthy' Obesity: Epigenetic and Chromatin-Based Mechanisms that Uncouple Obesity from Type 2 Diabetes Fangnian Wang, Jude T. Deeney and Gerald V. Denis The TBC1D1 Gene: Structure, Function and Association with Obesity and Related Traits Luca Fontanesi and Francesca Bertolini Replication Initiator 1 (Repin1) In Adipose Tissue Function and Human Obesity John T. Heiker and Nora Kloeting Adipokines in Childhood Obesity Gabriel Angel Martos-Moreno, Vicente Barrios, Julie A. Chowen and Jesus Argente Gut Hormones and Obesity: Physiology and Therapies Rebecca Scott, Tricia Tan and Stephen Bloom Neuroinflammation in Overnutrition-Induced Diseases Dongsheng Cai P66shcA : Linking Mammalian Longevity with Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance Sofia Chiatamone Ranieri, Salvatore Fusco and Giovambattista Pani The Emerging Role of Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR) and its Crosstalk with Liver X Receptors (LXRs) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor a (PPARa) in Lipid Metabolism Lei Xiao, Jing Wang, Mengxi Jiang, Wen Xie and Yonggong Zhai Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Protects from Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance and Obesity - Novel Insights from Mouse Models Dominic S. Ng Sphingolipids in Lipid Microdomains and Obesity Susumu Mitsutake and Yasuyuki Igarashi Ghrelin: At the Interface of Obesity and Reward Harriet Schellekens, Timothy G. Dinan, and John F. Cryan Endocannabinoids and Obesity Guoxun Chen and Zhen Pang Lipocalin 13 Regulation of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Obesity Yingjiang Zhou and Liangyou Rui Sirtuin 1 Deacetylase: A Key Regulator of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism Jongsook Kim Kemper, Sung-E Choi and Dong Hyun Kim Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and Obesity Hyeongjin Cho Nomilin as an Anti-Obesity and Anti-Hyperglycemic AgentRyuichiro Sato

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Details

• NCID: BB12024095
• ISBN:
  • 9780124077669
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 460 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00337041