A peptidomimetic targeting white fat causes weight loss and improved insulin resistance in obese monkeys.

Barnhart, Kirstin F

A peptidomimetic targeting white fat causes weight loss and improved insulin resistance in obese monkeys. [electronic resource] - Science translational medicine Nov 2011 - 108ra112 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1946-6242

10.1126/scitranslmed.3002621 doi


Absorptiometry, Photon
Adipose Tissue, White--diagnostic imaging
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Anthropometry
Cercopithecidae
Disease Models, Animal
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Feeding Behavior
Female
Humans
Insulin Resistance
Kidney--pathology
Kidney Function Tests
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Obesity--diagnostic imaging
Peptidomimetics--chemistry
Weight Loss--drug effects