Leptin protects mice from starvation-induced lymphoid atrophy and increases thymic cellularity in ob/ob mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1051-1059

  Howard, Jane K ^a   Lord, Graham M ^a   Matarese, Giuseppe ^a,b   Vendetti, Silvia ^a   Ghatei, Mohammad A ^a   Ritter, Mary A ^a   Lechler, Robert I ^a   Bloom, Stephen R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 0032741972     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6762     Document Type: Article

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