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Abstract| Volume 263, e166, August 2017

Dietary composition may influence Nesfatin-1 plasma concentration in humans

      Aim: Nesfatin-1 is a energy-regulating peptide that inhibits food intake trough a leptin-independent melanocortin pathway. It is widely expressed in different tissues with an expression level in stomach 20-fold higher than in brain. It has been reported a possible influence of diet composition on Nesfatin-1 production in gastrointestinal tract, in different animal models, however no data in humans are available. We investigated the relationship between dietary intake and Nefsatin-1 plasmatic levels in a cohort of healthy subjects.
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