Identification of key candidate genes and molecular pathways in white fat browning: an anti-obesity drug discovery based on computational biology

Abstract Background Obesity—with its increased risk of obesity-associated metabolic diseases—has become one of the greatest public health epidemics of the twenty-first century in affluent countries. To date, there are no ideal drugs for treating obesity. Studies have shown that activation of brown a...

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Main Authors: Yuyan Pan, Jiaqi Liu, Fazhi Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-019-0239-x