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Oral Fat Sensing and CD36 Gene Polymorphism in Algerian Lean and Obese Teenagers.
Nutrients - 4 Nov 2015
Daoudi Hadjer, Plesník Jiří, Sayed Amira, Šerý Omar, Rouabah Abdelkader, Rouabah Leila, Khan Naim Akhtar
Abstract excerpt
Growing number of evidences have suggested that oral fat sensing, mediated by a glycoprotein CD36 (cluster of differentiation 36), plays a significant role in the development of obesity. Indeed, a decreased expression of CD36 in some obese subjects is associated with high dietary fat intake. In the present study, we examined whether an increase in body mass index (BMI) is associated with altered oleic acid...
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