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Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human

Abstract

Mice deficient in the lipid sensor GPR120 develop obesity, glucose intolerance and fatty liver when fed a high-fat diet, and a loss-of-function variant in the GPR120 gene strongly contributes to increased obesity in human.

Authors

Ichimura A; Hirasawa A; Poulain-Godefroy O; Bonnefond A; Hara T; Yengo L; Kimura I; Leloire A; Liu N; Iida K

Journal

Nature, Vol. 483, No. 7389, pp. 350–354

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

March 2012

DOI

10.1038/nature10798

ISSN

0028-0836