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15.3. Obesity-associated GNAS mutations and the melanocortin pathway

E Mendes de Oliveira , JM Keogh , F Talbot , E Henning , R Ahmed , A Perdikari , R Bounds , N Wasiluk , V Ayinampudi , I Barroso , J Mokrosinski , D Jyothish , S Lim , S Gupta , M Kershaw , C Matei , P Partha , T Randell , A McAulay , LC Wilson , T Cheetham , EC Crowne , P Clayton , IS Farooqi

N Engl J Med. 2021;385(17):1581-92. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2103329.PubMed ID: 34614324Brief Summary: The authors performed whole exome sequencing in 2548 children with severe obesity and identified 22 GNAS mutation carriers, almost all of which disrupted melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) signaling.The gene GNAS encodes the stimulatory G-protein alpha subunit pr...

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13.1. Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging

P Singh , K Gollapalli , S Mangiola , D Schranner , MA Yusuf , M Chamoli , SL Shi , B Lopes Bastos , T Nair , A Riermeier , EM Vayndorf , JZ Wu , A Nilakhe , CQ Nguyen , M Muir , MG Kiflezghi , A Foulger , A Junker , J Devine , K Sharan , SJ Chinta , S Rajput , A Rane , P Baumert , M Schonfelder , F Iavarone , G di Lorenzo , S Kumari , A Gupta , R Sarkar , C Khyriem , AS Chawla , A Sharma , N Sarper , N Chattopadhyay , BK Biswal , C Settembre , P Nagarajan , KL Targoff , M Picard , S Gupta , V Velagapudi , AT Papenfuss , A Kaya , MG Ferreira , BK Kennedy , JK Andersen , GJ Lithgow , AM Ali , A Mukhopadhyay , A Palotie , G Kastenmuller , M Kaeberlein , H Wackerhage , B Pal , VK Yadav

In Brief: The authors describe a wide range of studies. Firstly, observational studies showed that circulating taurine concentrations decline with age in mice, monkeys, and humans and in the latter, low taurine was associated with metabolic disease (abdominal fat, blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes). They then gave oral taurine to mice throughout their lives and showed that this increased lifespan by 1012% and improved functional outcomes of almost all tissues studie...

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15.3. Obesity-associated GNAS mutations and the melanocortin pathway

13.1. Taurine deficiency as a driver of aging

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