FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE PRESENTS

THE SPECIAL ISSUE


PEPTIDES CONTROLLING ENERGY BALANCE REGULATION

Managing Editor: Eduardo Nillni

  

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

SiRNA-mediated silencing of the diencephalic thyrotropin-releasing hormone precursor gene decreases the arterial blood pressure in the obese agouti mice
Maria Silvina La, Mariano Luis Schuman, Adriana Burgueno, Azucena Laura Alvarez, Silvia Ines Garcia, Carlos Jose Pirola

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3431-3435, May 1, 2007]

Hormonal regulation of the arcuate nucleus melanocortin system
Anna Coppola, Sabrina Diano

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3519-3530, May 1, 2007]

Elevated leptin: consequence or cause of obesity?
Philip J. Scarpace, Yi Zhang

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3531-3544, May 1, 2007]

Discovery of new peptides from old prohormones: insights for energy balance and beyond
Lawrence R. Mulcahy, Eduardo A. Nillni

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3545-3553, May 1, 2007]

The biosynthesis and processing of neuropeptides: lessons from prothyrotropin releasing hormone (proTRH)
Mario Perello, Eduardo A. Nillni

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3554-3565, May 1, 2007]

Hepatic knockdown of stearoyl-COA desaturase 1 via RNA interference in obese mice decreases lipid content and changes fatty acid composition
Haiyan Xu, Denise Wilcox, Phong Nguyen, Martin Voorbach, Harriet Smith, Sevan Brodjian, Thomas Suhar, Regina M. Reilly, Peer B. Jacobson, Christine A. Collins, Katherine Landschulz, Terry K. Surowy

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3781-3794, May 1, 2007]

Energy balance pathways converging on the Nhlh2 transcription factor
Dana L. Fox, Kristen R. Vella, Deborah J. Good

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3983-3993, May 1, 2007]

The central melanocortin system and the regulation of energy balance
Michelle Lee, Sharon L. Wardlaw

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 3994-4010, May 1, 2007]