Article
Identification and characterization of human GDF15 knockouts
2024-03-18
Abstract excerpt
Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a secreted protein that regulates food intake, body weight, and stress responses in pre-clinical models 1 . The physiological function of GDF15 in humans remains unclear. Pharmacologically, GDF15 agonism in humans caused nausea without accompanying weight loss 2 , and the effect of GDF15 antagonism is being tested in clinical trials to treat cachexia and anorexia. Human...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- ae572bd5-2a4b-5cc1-a63a-ccb75484f1f2
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.03.14.24303793
