Abstract:
:Several hundred genes associated or linked to obesity have been described in the scientific literature. Whereas many of these genes are potential targets for the treatment of obesity and associated conditions, none of them have permitted the developement of an efficient drug therapy. As proposed by the 'thrifty genotype' theory, obesity genes may have conferred an evolutionary advantage in times of food shortage through efficient energy exploitation, while 'lean' or 'energy expenditure' genes may have become very rare during the same periods. It is therefore a challenge to identify 'energy expenditure genes' or 'energy absorption genes,' whose mutations or single nucleotide polymorphisms do result in reduced energy intake. We submit that such 'energy absorption' or 'energy expenditure' genes (crucial genes) are potential new targets for the treatment of obesity. These genes can be identified in rare genetic diseases that produce a lean, failure-to-thrive, energy malabsorption or starvation phenotype.
journal_name
Future Med Chemjournal_title
Future medicinal chemistryauthors
Braud S,Ciufolini M,Harosh Idoi
10.4155/fmc.10.263subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-12-01 00:00:00pages
1777-83issue
12eissn
1756-8919issn
1756-8927journal_volume
2pub_type
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更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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