Transcriptomic changes in the duodenum mucosa after a high-fat (HF) or low-fat (LF) meal ingestion.

Fat intake is an important determinant in the development of obesity. The small intestine is the principal site of digestion and absorption of nutrients, and these short-term circulating nutrients and hormones as well as neural signals derived from the peripheral tissues in responses to a meal act at multiple central nervous system sites where food intake is controlled.

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Mucunguzi O, Melouane A, Ghanemi A, Yoshioka M, Boivin A, Calvo EL, St-Amand J