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Bombesin receptor subtype-3 modulates plasma insulin concentration.
Peptides - 1 Jan 2003
Matsumoto Kouji, Yamada Kazuyuki, Wada Etsuko, Hasegawa Takanori, Usui Yoshihiro, Wada Keiji
Abstract excerpt
Mice lacking a functional bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS-3) develop mild obesity. However, the origin of obesity in BRS-3 knockout (KO) mice remains unclear. We used a strain-crossing strategy to investigate the physiological role of the BRS-3 pathway. We crossed female heterozygous BRS-3 KO mice (X-/X) and male KK-Ay mice (Ay/+) to obtain BRS-3 KO/KK-Ay hybrid animals. In X-/Y:Ay/+ mice, plasma insulin...
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