Vol. 32 (2) 2011 Neuro endocrinology letters

Immunolocalization of the PP family and its receptors in the gastrointestinal tract of house musk shrew, Suncus murinus.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the immunolocalization of the pancreatic polypeptide (PP)-fold peptide family, important regulatory factors for food intake, in the gastrointestinal tract of Suncus murinus, and to discuss the relation with the obesity-resistance, visceral fat accumulation-resistance phenomenon in Suncus murinus.

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