Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 1151-1156 , November 2010

β-Carotene accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes inhibits the elevation of reactive oxygen species and the suppression of genes related to insulin sensitivity induced by tumor necrosis factor-α

  • Hiroyuki Kameji, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, Global COE Program, The University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuki Mochizuki, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, Global COE Program, The University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Noriyuki Miyoshi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, Global COE Program, The University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshinao Goda, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, Global COE Program, The University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-54-264-5533; fax: +81-54-264-5565.

Received 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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 This work was supported by the Global COE Program, the Center of Excellence for Innovation in Human Health Sciences, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science, and Technology of Japan.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.09.006

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 1151-1156 , November 2010

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