Galanin and its receptors: A novel strategy for appetite control and obesity therapy

Peptides

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-339

  Fang, Penghua ^a,b   Yu, Mei ^a   Guo, Lili ^a   Bo, Ping ^a   Zhang, Zhenwen ^a   Shi, Mingyi ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Appetite; Galanin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTISENSE GALANIN MRNA; ARM 1896; GALANIN; GALANIN ANTAGONIST M35; GALANIN ANTAGONIST M871; GALANIN ANTAGONISTS M40; GALANIN RECEPTOR 1; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2 ANTAGONIST M1145; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2 ANTAGONIST M1153; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2 ANTAGONIST M871; GALANIN RECEPTOR 3; GALANTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; LEPTIN; RWJ 57408; SNAP 37889; SNAP 398299; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; GALANIN; HUMANS; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, GALANIN;

EID: 84864116078     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.05.016     Document Type: Review

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