Treating obesity? It's in the bag!
BRS-3 is an orphan G protein coupled receptor highly expressed in the brain. Pharmacological studies in this issue (Guan et al., 2010) further support a role for this receptor in energy homeostasis and show that the BRS-3 agonist Bag-1 effectively causes weight loss by decreasing food intake and increasing metabolic rate.
University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. apc36@cam.ac.uk
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