UT-Southwestern Medical Center: Stimulating Fat Cells With GIP Receptor Has Potential to Treat Obesity
January 07, 2025
January 07, 2025
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
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Increasing incretin hormone receptor signaling in fat cells prompts massive weight loss in a lab model, UTSW study shows
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Obese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) lost more than a third of their body weight . . .
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Increasing incretin hormone receptor signaling in fat cells prompts massive weight loss in a lab model, UTSW study shows
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Obese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) lost more than a third of their body weight . . .