2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Significant roles of G protein-coupled receptors in anti-metabolic syndrome activities of dietary fibers
Project/Area Number |
22650183
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Eating habits, studies on eating habits
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Research Institution | Osaka City University |
Principal Investigator |
SAEKI Shigeru 大阪市立大学, 大学院・生活科学研究科, 教授 (60211926)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FUKUMURA Tomoe 大阪市立大学, 大学院・生活科学研究科, 講師 (80336792)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | 食物繊維 / 短鎖脂肪酸 |
Research Abstract |
It has been reported that short-chain fatty acids which are ligands of an orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR41 stimulate leptin expression in both a mouse adipocyte cell line and mouse adipose tissue in primary culture. We speculated that s
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