title: A clinical perspective on peptides and food intake.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6399.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Leibel
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chua
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y