Scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a protein that can interfere with the brain's response to leptin. They've also created a compound that blocks the protein's action - a potential forerunner to an anti-obesity drug. In experiments with mice fed a high-fat diet, scientists from UTMB and the University of California, San Diego explored the role of the protein, known as Epac1, in blocking leptin's activity in the ...Friday, 19 April 2013
Protein That Interferes With Appetite-suppressing Hormone Identified
Scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a protein that can interfere with the brain's response to leptin. They've also created a compound that blocks the protein's action - a potential forerunner to an anti-obesity drug. In experiments with mice fed a high-fat diet, scientists from UTMB and the University of California, San Diego explored the role of the protein, known as Epac1, in blocking leptin's activity in the ...
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