Nutrient sensing in the gut: New roads to therapeutics?

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-100

  Janssen, Sara ^a   Depoortere, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bitter; Fatty acid; Gastrointestinal hormones; Sweet; Taste receptors; Umami

Indexed keywords

3,3,14,14 TETRAMETHYLHEXADECANEDIOIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GRIFOLIC ACID; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INSULIN; LINOLENIC ACID; N OLEOYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPETITE; BITTER TASTE; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUID BALANCE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SENSING; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; EATING; FATTY ACIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84873138013     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2012.11.006     Document Type: Review

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