The antidepressant trans-2-phenylcyclopropylamine protects mice from high-fat-diet-induced obesity.

Mice treated with the antidepressant trans-2-phenylcyclopropylamine (2-PCPA) were protected against diet-induced-obesity, and adiposity was reversed in pre-established diet-induced obese mice. Contrary to a recent report that inhibition of lysine-specific demethylase-1 by 2-PCPA results in increased...

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Main Authors: Adi Shemesh, Arian Abdulla, Fajun Yang, Streamson C Chua, Jeffrey E Pessin, Haihong Zong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3931726?pdf=render