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SUBMITTER: Zhu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310124 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Canjun C Xu Pingwen P He Yanlin Y Yuan Yexian Y Wang Tao T Cai Xingcai X Yu Lulu L Yang Liusong L Wu Junguo J Wang Lina L Zhu Xiaotong X Wang Songbo S Gao Ping P Xi Qianyun Q Zhang Yongliang Y Xu Yong Y Jiang Qingyan Q Shu Gang G
Cell reports 20170901 10
Although the widely used anticoagulant drug heparin has been shown to have many other biological functions independent of its anticoagulant role, its effects on energy homeostasis are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that heparin level is negatively associated with nutritional states and that heparin treatment increases food intake and body weight gain. By using electrophysiological, pharmacological, molecular biological, and chemogenetic approaches, we provide evidence that heparin increases food ...[more]