| Literature DB >> 17681145 |
Liora Caspi1, Penny Y T Wang, Tony K T Lam.
Abstract
Recent work has cast a spotlight on the brain as a nutrient-sensing organ that regulates the body's metabolic processes. Here we discuss the physiological and molecular mechanisms of brain lipid sensing and compare these mechanisms to liver lipid sensing. A direct comparison between the lipid-sensing mechanisms in the brain and liver reveals similar biochemical/molecular but opposing physiological mechanisms in operation. We propose that an imbalance between the lipid-sensing mechanisms in the brain and liver may contribute to obesity-associated type 2 diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17681145 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2007.07.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287