Dexamethasone increases leptin expression in humans in vivo

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1635-1637

  Papaspyrou Rao, S ^a   Schneider, S H ^b   Petersen, R N ^a   Fried, S K ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

EID: 0030957211     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.5.3928     Document Type: Article

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