Evidence for a novel peripheral action of leptin as a metabolic signal to the adrenal gland: Leptin inhibits cortisol release directly

Diabetes

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1235-1238

  Bornstein, Stefan R ^a   Uhlmann, Katja ^a   Haidan, Andrea ^a   Ehrhart Bornstein, Monika ^a   Scherbaum, Werner A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030919919     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.46.7.1235     Document Type: Article

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