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Acetate & Adiposity / Obesity

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After intraperitoneal injection, acetate activates hypothalamic neurons in the arcuate nucleus, indicating that acetate is an anorexia semaphore
Zhi et al. 2019 European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 38: 1987-1998

Acetate reduces appetite by activating the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle to alter the expression profile of the hypothalamic appetite-regulating neuropeptide
Frost et al. 2014 Nat Commun 5: 3611

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[Adiposity / Obesity & Gut microbiota](brain://n14zOiADQ0GyUwmEzcKENg/Adipos…

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