Cilia, tubby mice, and obesity
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cilia
- Vol. 2 (1) , 1
Abstract
Primary cilia have been previously linked to the central regulation of satiety. The tubby mouse is characterized by maturity-onset obesity and blindness. A recent paper demonstrates molecular defects in trafficking of ciliary GPCRs in the central neurons of tubby mice, underscoring the role of ciliary signaling in the pathogenesis of this monogenic obesity syndrome.Keywords
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