A high-throughput fluorescence-based assay system for appetite-regulating gene and drug screening.

The increasing number of people suffering from metabolic syndrome and obesity is becoming a serious problem not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries. However, there are few agents currently approved for the treatment of obesity. Those that are available are mainly appetite s...

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Main Authors: Yasuhito Shimada, Minoru Hirano, Yuhei Nishimura, Toshio Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3530442?pdf=render