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QRFP

Gene

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HGNCNCBI GeneTaxon

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Includes the processes named after it and trials of drugs aimed at it.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and 3 more
  • Animals1

Effects

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Weight gain

upin rats1+75%

1 study

  1. QRFP increases weight gain in rats (~75%).

    “decreased prepro-QRFP mRNA levels in the MBH by ∼75%, decreased HFD intake and decreased weight gain following OVX.”

    Animalsin ovariectomized rats; shown by siRNA knockdownfemales

    The hypothalamic neuropeptide, QRFP, regulates high fat diet intake in female Long-Evans rats following ovariectomy

    Peptides21 Jan 2023

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