TSPO: an emerging role in appetite for a therapeutically promising biomarker

There is accumulating evidence that an obesogenic Western diet causes neuroinflammatory damage to the brain, which then promotes further appetitive behaviour. Neuroinflammation has been extensively studied by analysing the translocator protein of 18 kDa (TSPO), a protein that is upregulated in the i...

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Main Authors: Joshua Wang, Kate Beecher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-08-01
Series:Open Biology
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.210173