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FFAR4: free fatty acid receptor 4

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Gene

Symbol
FFAR4
HGNC
Name
free fatty acid receptor 4
HGNC
NCBI Gene ID
338557
NCBI Gene
HGNC ID
HGNC:19061
HGNC
Ensembl
ENSG00000186188
NCBI Gene
Aliases
BMIQ10, GPR120, GPR129, GT01, O3FAR1, OB10Q, PGR4
NCBI Gene
Type
protein-coding
NCBI Gene

Proteins1

Reviewed human proteins whose Swiss-Prot entry states the gene.

UniProt entryProteinLengthStructuresGene stated in
Q5NUL3Free fatty acid receptor 436114Ensembl, GeneID, HGNC

Source UniProt

Patents37

Patents whose sequence listing contains this protein's exact sequence. A patent can list a sequence without claiming it.

PublicationPublishedSEQ ID NOProteinSource
WO 2026168538 A2026-08-132Q5NUL3Espacenet
US 11446398 B22022-09-2032891Q5NUL3Espacenet
JP 2022524081 A2022-04-27135862Q5NUL3Espacenet
US 11078247 B22021-08-034001Q5NUL3Espacenet
JP 2020176846 A2020-10-2910Q5NUL3Espacenet
US 10768184 B22020-09-089Q5NUL3Espacenet
US 10473673 B22019-11-129Q5NUL3Espacenet
US 10292374 B22019-05-2187Q5NUL3Espacenet
US 10222387 B22019-03-059Q5NUL3Espacenet
JP 2017121240 A2017-07-1352731Q5NUL3Espacenet

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Drugs0

Drugs a ChEMBL mechanism record says act on the gene's protein, through Open Targets.

None in this release.

Trials0

Trials of those drugs. A trial joins the gene only through a drug that acts on it.

None in this release.

NIH grants832

NIH grants whose papers are about the gene, through NIH's grant-paper links.

GrantTitleFFAR4 papersNewest fiscal year
P30DK063491Diabetes Research Center (DRC)62025
P30DK020579Diabetes Research Center42025
P30DK056341Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research Center32025
P01CA196569Statistical Methods for Integrative Genomics in Cancer22025
P30CA014195Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG)22025
P30CA016042Cancer Center Support Grant22025
P30CA071789University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSG22025
P30DK019525University of Pennsylvania Diabetes Research Center22025
P30DK020572Michigan Diabetes Research Center (MDRC)22025
P30DK020593Vanderbilt Diabetes Research Center22025

1 to 10 of 832Source NIH's project files

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Papers1,537

Newest first. Swiss-Prot's references are curated; PubTator's text mining finds papers that name the gene, not always ones about it.

TitleJournalYearPMIDFound bySource
Decoding dietary fat: molecular sensing, brain integration, and the biology of flavor.Can J Physiol Pharmacol202642826400PubTator, text miningPubMed
Molecular mechanisms of lipid sensing in human cholecystokinin-secreting enteroendocrine cells.Mol Metab202642805486PubTator, text miningPubMed
Multi-population genome-wide association meta-analysis of acute and chronic pancreatitis.medRxiv202642780122PubTator, text miningPubMed
Antidepressant mechanism of sns in repairing synaptic damage via the GPR120/NLRP3 pathway-mediated inhibition of microglial M1 polarization.Phytomedicine202642664588PubTator, text miningPubMed
Corrigendum to "Free-Fatty Acid Receptor-4 (FFA4/GPR120) differentially regulates migration, invasion, proliferation and tumor growth of papillary renal cell carcinoma cells" [Biochem. Pharmacol. 213 (2023) 115590].
Biochem Pharmacol202642607359PubTator, text miningPubMed
GPR120/free fatty acid receptor 4 (FFAR-4) agonists, antagonists, allosteric modulators: Computational drug design and discovery review.Eur J Med Chem202642372394PubTator, text miningPubMed
Spent Coffee Ground Extracts: A Sustainable Source of Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Bioactives for Managing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Diseases.Int J Mol Sci202642278504PubTator, text miningPubMed
Modeling stimulus-induced stress responses in microglia-like cells using a commercial iPSC-dCas9-KRAB line.Stem Cell Res202642214129PubTator, text miningPubMed
Nmur1 and Cckar fail to support functional genetic access in adult dopamine neurons and challenge GPCR atlas assignments.bioRxiv202642182265PubTator, text miningPubMed
Impact of critical-site mutations in the free fatty acid receptor 4 on the allosteric kinetics of endogenous fatty acid-receptor interactions.Anal Chim Acta202642108048PubTator, text miningPubMed

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Sources 12

  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ChEMBL, through Open TargetsCC BY-SA 3.0
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
  • EMBL-EBI's patent proteinsNo added restrictions. Attribution expected
  • GenBank's patent filesNo restrictions from NCBI. Submitters may hold rights
  • HGNCCC0
  • NCBI GenePublic domain (US government)
  • NIH's project files and grant-paper linksPublic domain
  • Open TargetsCC0 1.0
  • PubMedNLM's terms
  • PubTator 3Public domain
  • UniProtCC BY 4.0
Each source's terms
  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ChEMBL, through Open TargetsCC BY-SA 3.0, for the parts from ChEMBL. Read on 8 Nov 2026 at https://platform-docs.opentargets.org/licence
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
  • EMBL-EBI's patent proteinsEMBL-EBI's patent protein files from the EPO, JPO, KIPO and USPTO. EMBL-EBI: "EMBL-EBI itself places no additional restrictions on the use or redistribution of the data available via its Data Resources and Tools other than those provided by the original data owners" and "EMBL-EBI expects attribution (e.g. in publications, services or products) for the use of any of its Data Resources and Tools." Read on 11 Nov 2026 at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/terms-of-use
  • GenBank's patent filesGenBank's patent files. NCBI: "NCBI places no restrictions on the use or distribution of the GenBank data. However, some submitters may claim patent, copyright, or other intellectual property rights in all or a portion of the data they have submitted." Read on 11 Nov 2026 at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/about/
  • HGNCCC0: https://www.genenames.org/about/license/
  • NCBI GeneNone named for the file. NCBI says information created by or for the US government on its site is in the public domain, and asks that NLM be acknowledged: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/about/policies/
  • NIH's project files and grant-paper linksPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
  • Open TargetsCC0 1.0. Open Targets asks that users cite its latest paper: Buniello et al. 2025, Open Targets Platform: facilitating therapeutic hypotheses building in drug discovery, Nucleic Acids Research 53(D1):D1467, PMID 39657122. Read on 8 Nov 2026 at https://platform-docs.opentargets.org/licence
  • PubMedNLM's terms
  • PubTator 3Public domain
  • UniProtCC BY 4.0. UniProt's licence file: "All databases and documents in the UniProt FTP directory may be copied and redistributed freely, without advance permission, provided that this copyright statement is reproduced with each copy." UniProt asks that users cite its latest paper: The UniProt Consortium, UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2025, Nucleic Acids Research 53:D609-D617, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1010. Read on 9 Nov 2026 at https://www.uniprot.org/help/license

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.

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