Free Fatty Acid Receptors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Milligan, Graeme (Editor), Kimura, Ikuo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 236
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Pharmacology.; Diabetes.; Medical biochemistry.; Systems biology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Human Physiology.; Systems Biology.; Medical Biochemistry.

This book highlights the important role free fatty acids (FFA) play as potential drug targets. While FFA have long been considered byproducts of cell metabolism, they are now recognized as ligands that regulate cell and tissue function via G-protein-coupled receptors. At least three receptors have b...