Knockout mouse studies have implicated FFAR3 in diabetes,[3] coilitis,[4] hypertension[5] and asthma.[6] However, discrepancies between the pathways activated by FFAR3 agonists in human cells and the equivalent murine counterparts have been observed.[7]
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