Serotonin transporter deficiency drives estrogen-dependent obesity and glucose intolerance

Abstract Depression and use of antidepressant medications are both associated with increased risk of obesity, potentially attributed to a reduced serotonin transporter (SERT) function. However, how SERT deficiency promotes obesity is unknown. Here, we demonstrated that SERT −/− mice display abnormal...

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Main Authors: Weibin Zha, Horace T. B. Ho, Tao Hu, Mary F. Hebert, Joanne Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01291-5