Metabolic changes in skin caused by Scd1 deficiency: a focus on retinol metabolism.

We previously reported that mice with skin-specific deletion of stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (Scd1) recapitulated the skin phenotype and hypermetabolism observed in mice with a whole-body deletion of Scd1. In this study, we first performed a diet-induced obesity experiment at thermoneutral temperature...

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Main Authors: Matthew T Flowers, Chad M Paton, Sheila M O'Byrne, Kevin Schiesser, John A Dawson, William S Blaner, Christina Kendziorski, James M Ntambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3090422?pdf=render