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Franka S Schaebs Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany

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Tanja E Wolf Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa

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Verena Behringer Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany

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Tobias Deschner Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany

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, Roff & Fairbairn 2007 , French et al. 2009 ). Monitoring an individual’s energy balance (defined as energy intake minus energy expenditure) is, therefore, essential to understanding how individuals allocate their energy between competing demands in

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Michael Rosenbaum Division of Molecular Genetics, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, 6th Floor, 1150 St Nicholas Avenue, New York, New York 10032, USA

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Rudolph L Leibel Division of Molecular Genetics, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, 6th Floor, 1150 St Nicholas Avenue, New York, New York 10032, USA

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the hypometabolic state of the ob / ob and db / db mice. The observation of persistent hypometabolism following weight loss while in a state of energy balance was consistent with the so-called ‘lipostatic’ theory of body weight maintenance, which

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Margaret B Allison Departments of Internal Medicine, and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall Street, 6317 Brehm Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA

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Martin G Myers Jr Departments of Internal Medicine, and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall Street, 6317 Brehm Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA

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important and widely studied players in the control of energy balance is the hormone leptin ( Friedman & Halaas 1998 , Elmquist et al . 2005 ). Leptin was discovered by Zhang et al . (1994) . Defects in leptin production underlie the massive obesity

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Dawid Szczepankiewicz Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Ewa Pruszynska-Oszmalek Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Przemyslaw Kaczmarek Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Marek Skrzypski Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Karolina Andralojc Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Tatiana Wojciechowicz Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Maciej Sassek Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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Krzysztof W Nowak Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 35 Wolynska Street, 60-637 Poznan, Poland

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energy balance. It was found that AGRP expression is associated with changes in the leptin level, one of the main hormones which regulates food intake via the hypothalamus. It was further observed that AGRP is produced in neurons that exhibit leptin

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Ismael González-García Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Pablo B Martínez de Morentin Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Ánxela Estévez-Salguero Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Cristina Contreras Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Amparo Romero-Picó Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Johan Fernø Hormone Laboratory, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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Rubén Nogueiras Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Carlos Diéguez Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Manuel Tena-Sempere Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica (IMIBIC)/Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
FiDiPro Program, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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Sulay Tovar Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Miguel López Department of Physiology, CiMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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level, estrogen receptor alpha and beta (ERα and ERβ) are expressed in several hypothalamic nuclei with key roles in the regulation of energy balance, such as the arcuate (ARC), paraventricular (PVH) and ventromedial (VMH) ( Simerly et al. 1990

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Campbell J L Harter School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Georgia S Kavanagh School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Jeremy T Smith School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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. 2017 ) providing the strongest evidence for ARC kisspeptin neurons as the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator. Figure 1 The potential function of kisspeptin neurons in mediating the relationship between energy balance and reproduction. Kisspeptin

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Jiannan Zhang Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Xin Li Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Yawei Zhou Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Lin Cui Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Jing Li Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Chenlei Wu Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Yiping Wan Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Juan Li Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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Yajun Wang Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

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function and energy balance, through interaction with 5 melanocortin receptors (MCR), namely MC1R, MC2R (also called ACTHR), MC3R, MC4R and MC5R respectively ( Chhajlani & Wikberg 1992 , Mountjoy et al . 1992 , Yaswen et al . 1999 , Cone 2006 ). All

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Christophe Breton Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, UPRES EA 4489, Equipe Dénutritions Maternelles Périnatales, Université Lille‐Nord de France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

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-Twinn & Ozanne 2006 ). This concept states that an adverse perinatal environment programmes or imprints the development of several tissues. It may then permanently determine physiological responses and ultimately produce energy balance dysfunction and diseases

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K Eerola Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology and Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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S Virtanen Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology and Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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L Vähätalo Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology and Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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L Ailanen Institute of Biomedicine, Research Center for Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology and Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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M Cai Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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V Hruby Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

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M Savontaus Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Introduction The melanocortin neuropeptide system is essential for the regulation of body weight (BW) and energy balance as evidenced by genetic disruptions of the melanocortin pathways leading to obesity in both humans and rodents ( Fan et

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David A Bechtold Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 1.124 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

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Simon M Luckman Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 1.124 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK

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et al. 2000 , Matsumoto et al. 2000 , Samson et al. 2003 ). A number of observations by our group and others strongly implicate PrRP in the homeostatic regulation of feeding and energy balance. In the rat brain, PrRP mRNA is down

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