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Triglycerides and toggling the tummy

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Multiple mechanisms regulate adipose mass and body weight. In addition to factors controlling appetite and energy expenditure, mechanisms controlling adipocyte number, triglyceride synthesis and triglyceride breakdown have important functions. But recent studies challenge our concepts concerning each of these.

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Figure 1: Increasing complexity in the regulation of body weight and adipose tissue mass.
Figure 2: Pathways of triglyceride synthesis.

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Kahn, C. Triglycerides and toggling the tummy. Nat Genet 25, 6–7 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/75610

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