A clinical perspective on peptides and food intake.
Viewed from a clinical perspective, it is difficult to generate enthusiasm for the likelihood of finding a peptide that could be helpful in the treatment of obesity. A deeper understanding of obesity, as will emerge from molecular biology, is more likely to point the way to a useful peptide than further evaluations of the clinical dilemmas posed by obesity. However, a clinical perspective may be useful in pointing the way to a system that needs to be examined by molecular biology and also to inject caution in the evaluation of early findings when peptides are used in treatment.
Hirsch
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Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6399.
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Chua
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy
D009478:Neuropeptide Y