A novel regulatory function of sweet taste-sensing receptor in adipogenic differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells.

BACKGROUND: Sweet taste receptor is expressed not only in taste buds but also in nongustatory organs such as enteroendocrine cells and pancreatic beta-cells, and may play more extensive physiological roles in energy metabolism. Here we examined the expression and function of the sweet taste receptor...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Masubuchi, Yuko Nakagawa, Jinhui Ma, Tsutomu Sasaki, Tadahiro Kitamura, Yoritsuna Yamamoto, Hitoshi Kurose, Itaru Kojima, Hiroshi Shibata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3545961?pdf=render