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Body weight homeostat that regulates fat mass independently of leptin in rats and mice
Contributed by Jan-Åke Gustafsson, November 8, 2017 (sent for review September 7, 2017; reviewed by Wolfgang Langhans and Subburaman Mohan)
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- Published first December 26, 2017.
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- John-Olov Janssona,1,
- Vilborg Palsdottira,
- Daniel A. Häggb,
- Erik Schélea,
- Suzanne L. Dicksona,
- Fredrik Anestena,
- Tina Bakea,
- Mikael Monteliusc,
- Jakob Bellmana,
- Maria E. Johanssona,
- Roger D. Coned,e,
- Daniel J. Druckerf,
- Jianyao Wub,
- Biljana Aleksicb,
- Anna E. Törnqvistb,
- Klara Sjögrenb,
- Jan-Åke Gustafssong,1,
- Sara H. Windahlb, and
- Claes Ohlssonb,1
- aDepartment of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden;
- bCentre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden;
- cDepartment of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden;
- dLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216;
- eDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216;
- fDepartment of Medicine, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Toronto, Canada;
- gDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
Contributed by Jan-Åke Gustafsson, November 8, 2017 (sent for review September 7, 2017; reviewed by Wolfgang Langhans and Subburaman Mohan)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: joj{at}neuro.gu.se or jgustafs{at}central.uh.edu or Claes.Ohlsson{at}medic.gu.se.
Author contributions: J.-O.J., V.P., S.L.D., M.E.J., J.-Å.G., S.H.W., and C.O. designed research; V.P., D.A.H., E.S., F.A., T.B., M.M., J.B., J.W., B.A., A.E.T., K.S., and S.H.W. performed research; R.D.C. and D.J.D. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; J.-O.J., V.P., D.A.H., E.S., T.B., J.B., J.-Å.G., S.H.W., and C.O. analyzed data; and J.-O.J., V.P., J.-Å.G., S.H.W., and C.O. wrote the paper.
Reviewers: W.L., ETH Zurich; and S.M., Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center and Loma Linda University.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1715687114/-/DCSupplemental.
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