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Measurement of Basal and Forskolin-stimulated Lipolysis in Inguinal Adipose Fat Pads
Published on: July 21, 2017
Does FASing out new fat in the hypothalamus make you slim?
1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. christoph.buettner@mssm.edu
Abstract:
Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a key enzyme for lipogenesis. A recent study (Chakravarthy et al., 2007) shows that the targeted deletion of FAS in hypothalamic neurons produces hypophagic, lean mice and suggests that PPARalpha signaling is an important mediator of the effects of FAS on energy homeostasis.
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