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Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics.

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Collins, S; Martin, TL; Surwit, RS; Robidoux, J
Published in: Physiol Behav
April 2004

The development of the metabolic syndrome in an increasing percentage of the populations of Western societies, particularly in the United States, requires valid models for establishing basic biochemical changes and performing preclinical studies on potential drug targets. The C57BL/6J mouse has become an important model for understanding the interplay between genetic background and environmental challenges such as high-fat/high-calorie diets that predispose to the development of the metabolic syndrome. This review highlights metabolic and signal transduction features that are altered during the course of disease progression, many of which mirror the human situation.

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Physiol Behav

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0031-9384

Publication Date

April 2004

Volume

81

Issue

2

Start / End Page

243 / 248

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Obesity
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Diet
  • Catecholamines
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • Adipose Tissue
 

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Collins, S., Martin, T. L., Surwit, R. S., & Robidoux, J. (2004). Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics. Physiol Behav, 81(2), 243–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.006
Collins, Sheila, Tonya L. Martin, Richard S. Surwit, and Jacques Robidoux. “Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics.Physiol Behav 81, no. 2 (April 2004): 243–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.006.
Collins S, Martin TL, Surwit RS, Robidoux J. Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics. Physiol Behav. 2004 Apr;81(2):243–8.
Collins, Sheila, et al. “Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics.Physiol Behav, vol. 81, no. 2, Apr. 2004, pp. 243–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.006.
Collins S, Martin TL, Surwit RS, Robidoux J. Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics. Physiol Behav. 2004 Apr;81(2):243–248.
Journal cover image

Published In

Physiol Behav

DOI

ISSN

0031-9384

Publication Date

April 2004

Volume

81

Issue

2

Start / End Page

243 / 248

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Obesity
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Diet
  • Catecholamines
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Animals
  • Adipose Tissue