G protein coupled receptors in energy homeostasis and obesity pathogenesis
Obesity is an epidemic with enormous health, economic and social burdens. Current drugs for obesity treatment are far from ideal in terms of efficacy and side effects. Reviews in this volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science summarize current status in studies of a number of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston
Elsevier/Academic Press
2013.
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| Series: | Progress in molecular biology and translational science,
v. 114 |
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| Call Number : | med QU 55.7 .G776 2013 |
| Summary: | Obesity is an epidemic with enormous health, economic and social burdens. Current drugs for obesity treatment are far from ideal in terms of efficacy and side effects. Reviews in this volume of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science summarize current status in studies of a number of G protein-coupled receptors that were shown to be promising targets for obesity treatments. Some of these receptors also cause monogenic obesity in humans. Subject matter: obesity is an epidemic and G protein-coupled receptors are promising drug targets, with significant potential as new anti-obesity drugs. Chapters are written by leading experts. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 379 p. 8 unnumbered pages of plates ill. 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780123869333 0123869331 9780123869524 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1877-1173 ; |