Treatment of type 2 diabetes by free fatty acid receptor agonists

Dietary free fatty acids (FFAs), such as ω-3 fatty acids, regulate metabolic and anti-inflammatory processes, with many of these effects attributed to FFAs interacting with a family of G protein-coupled receptors. Selective synthetic ligands for Free Fatty Acid receptors (FFA1-4) have consequently b...

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Main Authors: Kenneth R Watterson, Brian D Hudson, Trond eUlven, Graeme eMilligan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2014.00137/full