Peptides in Energy Balance and Obesity

Author： Fruhbeck   G.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9781845934316

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781845934071

Subject： R151 Nutrition

Keyword： Dietics and Nutrition Human Growth and Development Proteins

Language： ENG

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Obesity is one of the most relevant public health concerns today and it is now evident that body weight control is achieved through highly integrated physiological interactions like nutrient selection as well as being influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Moreover, energy balance regulation is a complex process aimed at maintaining constant energy stores. Presenting a detailed and comprehensive account of the roles of specific peptides in energy balance, food intake control and co-morbidities, this review provides a better understanding of the patho-physiology of energy balance and obesity.

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Contents

Contributors

Preface

Part I: Central Pathways Involved in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure

1. Orexigenic Peptides

2. Anorexigenic Peptides

3. Newcomers and Supporting Actors

Part II: Peripheral Signals Participating in Energy Homeostasis and Obesity-associated Alterations

4. The Gut as a Second Brain

5. Elements of the Adipostat

6. Natriuretic Peptides and Other Lipolytic Peptides Involved in the Control of Lipid Mobilization in Humans

7. The Adipo–Hepato–Insular Axis in Glucose Homeostasis

8. Adipokines in the Immune–Stress Response

9. Peptides Involved in Vascular Homeostasis

Part III: Integrative Perspectives

10. Hierarchy of Neural Pathways Controlling Energy Homeostasis

11. Energy Regulatory Signals and Food Reward

12. Embracing Complexity: The Emergence of Functional Neuroimaging and Other Methodologies to Study the Role of the Human Brain in the Pathophysiology of Obesity

13. Overview of the Integrative Physiology of Adipose Tissue in Energy Homeostasis

14. Application of 'Omic' Strategies to Obesity Research

15. Implications for the Future of Obesity Management

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