Pleiotropic cellular effects of leptin

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Considine, Robert V ^a   Caro, Jose F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL GROWTH; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMATOPOIESIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OBESITY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0032966955     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00060793-199904000-00013     Document Type: Article

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