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Regulation of Energy Homeostasis via GPR120

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in endocrinology, July 2014
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Title
Regulation of Energy Homeostasis via GPR120
Published in
Frontiers in endocrinology, July 2014
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2014.00111
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Atsuhiko Ichimura, Takafumi Hara, Akira Hirasawa

Abstract

Free fatty acids (FFAs) are fundamental units of key nutrients. FFAs exert various biological functions, depending on the chain length and degree of desaturation. Recent studies have shown that several FFAs act as ligands of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), activate intracellular signaling and exert physiological functions via these GPCRs. GPR120 (also known as free fatty acid receptor 4) is activated by unsaturated medium- to long-chain FFAs and has a critical role in various physiological homeostasis mechanisms such as incretin hormone secretion, food preference, anti-inflammation, and adipogenesis. Recent studies showed that a lipid sensor GPR120 has a key role in sensing dietary fat in white adipose tissue and regulates the whole body energy homeostasis in both humans and rodents. Genetic study in human identified the loss-of-functional mutation of GPR120 associated with obesity and insulin resistance. In addition, dysfunction of GPR120 has been linked as a novel risk factor for diet-induced obesity. This review aims to provide evidence from the recent development in physiological function of GPR120 and discusses its functional roles in the regulation of energy homeostasis and its potential as drug targets.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 74 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 25%
Student > Master 14 19%
Student > Bachelor 10 13%
Researcher 9 12%
Other 6 8%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 6 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 5%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 12 16%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 October 2021.
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#15,740,207
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#3,569
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#127,174
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#20
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