Poznata su četiri neuropeptid Y receptora kod sisara. Oni se označavaju sa: Y1 do Y5.[8] Svaki od ovih receptora je kodiran zasebnim genom kod čoveka. Svi oni mogu da budu terapeutski ciljevi za gojaznost i druge poremećaje.[9][10][11]
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