Short-chain free fatty acid receptors FFA2/GPR43 and FFA3/GPR41 as new potential therapeutic targets

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Ulven, Trond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

7TM receptors; Free fatty acids; Gpcr; Inflammation; Metabolic diseases; Short chain fatty acids; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874395887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00111     Document Type: Review

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