Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: van der Klaauw AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5059464 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van der Klaauw Agatha A AA Keogh Julia M JM Henning Elana E Stephenson Cheryl C Kelway Sarah S Trowse Victoria M VM Subramanian Naresh N O'Rahilly Stephen S Fletcher Paul C PC Farooqi I Sadaf IS
Nature communications 20161004
Melanocortin-4-receptor (MC4R)-expressing neurons modulate food intake and preference in rodents but their role in human food preference is unknown. Here we show that compared with lean and weight-matched controls, MC4R deficient individuals exhibited a markedly increased preference for high fat, but a significantly reduced preference for high sucrose food. These effects mirror those in Mc4r null rodents and provide evidence for a central molecular circuit influencing human macronutrient prefere ...[more]