Leptin-Melanocortin pathway variants and gastric emptying in patients with obesity.

Lizeth CifuentesWissam GhusnAlejandro CamposJoshua T BublitzMaria Daniela HurtadoJanet OlsonAndres Acosta

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility (2024)

Carriers of heterozygous variants in the Leptin-MC4R pathway had a delayed GE compared to noncarriers. These findings point the important relationship between the Leptin-MC4R pathway and gastric motility.

Keyphrases

copy number
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
gene expression
escherichia coli
body mass index
pseudomonas aeruginosa
biofilm formation
weight gain
staphylococcus aureus
physical activity
skeletal muscle
candida albicans