Fig 1.
Schematic of the hypothalamic leptin-melanocortin pathway. MC4R = melanocortin 4 receptor; PC1/3 = prohormoneconvertase 1/3; POMC = pro-opiomelanocortin. *Molecules disrupted by genetic mutations found in severely obese patients.
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