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Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor mutations and human obesity: functional analysis.
Obesity research - 1 May 2004
Gibson William T, Pissios Pavlos, Trombly Daniel J, Luan Jian'an, Keogh Julia, Wareham Nicholas J, Maratos-Flier Eleftheria, O'Rahilly Stephen, Farooqi I Sadaf
Abstract excerpt
Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), a neuropeptide highly expressed in the lateral hypothalamus, has an important role in the regulation of energy balance and body weight in rodents. We examined whether mutations in the two known MCH receptors might be associated with obesity-related phenotypes...
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