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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The salivary glands of genetically obese male mice are significantly smaller than those of lean male mice, but the salivary glands of female mice do not differ in weight. The increases in weight of salivary glands in male mice after treatment with T3 at 50, 150, or 500 ng/day or with several doses of isoproterenol were comparable on a percentage basis, but the weights in the ob/ob mice were always smaller than any of those in the lean mice. Measurements of nerve growth factor (NGF) in several tissues showed a significantly lower concentration in the salivary glands of obese female mice than in same tissue from female lean mice. There were no differences in NGF levels in brown fat or in the cortex, cerebellum, or brain stem. The concentration of epidermal growth factor, in contrast to that of NGF, was not lower in the salivary glands of obese mice. Testosterone increased the weight of the salivary glands, spleen, and kidney in obese female mice, but the weight of the salivary glands in lean animals remained significantly higher than that in the obese mice both with and without treatment. Testosterone significantly increased the NGF concentration in salivary glands, but the values in treated male mice were only one tenth those in the treated lean animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Salivary gland weight and nerve growth factor in the genetically obese (ob/ob) mouse.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article