Context: There is growing recognition that a large number of individuals living in Western
society are chronically sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation is associated with an increase in food …

The type and the amount of dietary fat have a significant influence on the metabolic
pathways involved in the development of obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes type 2 and …

Genome-wide association studies have identified a number of genes associated with human
body weight. While some of these genes are large fields within obesity research, such as …

The Rhodopsin family of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) includes the phylogenetic α‐group
consisting of about 100 human members. The α‐group is the only group of GPCRs …

Variations in the FTO gene and near the TMEM18 gene are risk factors for common form of
obesity, but have also been linked with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Our aim was to investigate the …

Background Sea age at sexual maturation displays large plasticity for wild Atlantic salmon
males and varies between 1-5 years. This flexibility can also be observed in domesticated …

Objectives, Participants, and Measures: We tested whether the expression of members of
the mitogenic ErbB family was reduced in adipose tissue of insulin-resistant individuals and …

Background Membrane proteins form key nodes in mediating the cell's interaction with the
surroundings, which is one of the main reasons why the majority of drug targets are …

The discovery and exploitation of new drug targets is a key focus for both the pharmaceutical
industry and academic biomedical research. To provide an insight into trends in the …

Darwin’s finches, inhabiting the Galápagos archipelago and Cocos Island, constitute an iconic
model for studies of speciation and adaptive evolution. Here we report the results of whole…