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Obesity, hyperphagia and increased metabolic efficiency in Pc1 mutant mice.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2006
Lloyd David J, Bohan Sandy, Gekakis Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Prohormone convertase 1 (PC1) mutations lead to obesity in humans. However, Pc1 knockout mice do not become obese; in fact, they are runted due to a defect in growth-hormone releasing hormone processing, leading to the speculation that PC1 subserves different functions between mouse and human. Here, we report a novel allele of mouse Pc1 (N222D) that leads to obesity, abnormal proinsulin processing and multiple...
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