[Br]eaking FAt.

Ussar, Siegfried; Tschöp, Matthias H · Cell · 2014

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Fatty acids are an important class of signaling molecules regulating key aspects of whole body metabolism and physiology. In this issue, Yore et al. report a group of branched fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids that regulate insulin secretion and glucose uptake through the activation of GPR120.

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