Obesity and diabetes

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June 2005
Sigma-RBI, a division of Sigma-Aldrich, has released the most comprehensive compilation of current information on obesity and diabetes in its new Obesity and diabetes brochure.

The brochure reviews reasons for the increased incidence of obesity and diabetes. In addition, it covers the mechanisms of energy homeostasis, the effect of peptides, cytokines and biogenic amines on food intake, the insulin signalling pathway, and the roles of protein tyrosine phosphatases, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and JNK kinases in diabetes.
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