| Literature DB >> 21545413 |
Ernie Yulyaningsih1, Lei Zhang, Herbert Herzog, Amanda Sainsbury.
Abstract
The neuropeptide Y system has proven to be one of the most important regulators of feeding behaviour and energy homeostasis, thus presenting great potential as a therapeutic target for the treatment of disorders such as obesity and at the other extreme, anorexia. Due to the initial lack of pharmacological tools that are active in vivo, functions of the different Y receptors have been mainly studied in knockout and transgenic mouse models. However, over recent years various Y receptor selective peptidic and non-peptidic agonists and antagonists have been developed and tested. Their therapeutic potential in relation to treating obesity and other disorders of energy homeostasis is discussed in this review.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21545413 PMCID: PMC3144533 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01363.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739