Serum leptin in elderly people: Associations with sex hormones, insulin, and adipose tissue volumes

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-149

  Bawngartner, Richard N ^a   Ross, Robert R ^b   Waters, Debra L ^a   Brooks, William M ^a   Morley, John E ^c   Montoya, George D ^a   Garry, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Elderly; Insulin; Leptin; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033090964     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00695.x     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Halaas JL, Gajiwala KS, Maffei M, et ai. Weight-reducing effects of the plasma protein encoded by the obese. Science. 1995;269:543-6.
2. Stephens TW, Basinsky M, Bristow PK, et al. The role of neuropeptide Y in the antiobesity action of the obese gene product. Nature. 1995;377:530-2.
3. Snitker S, Pratley RE, Nicolson M, Tataranni PA, Ravussin E. Relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity and plasma leptin concentration. Obes Res. 1997;5: 338-40.
4. Tartaglia L, Dembski M, Weng X, et al. Identification and expression cloning of a leptin receptor, OB-R. Cell. 1995;83:1263-71.
5. Muller G, Ertl J, Gerl M, Preibisch G. Leptin impairs metabolic actions of insulin in isolated rat adipocytes. J Biol Chem. 1997;272:10585-93.
6. Wang Y, Kuropatwinski KK, White DW, et al. Leptin receptor action in hepatic cells. J Biol Chem. 1997;272:16216-33.-
7. Liu Y, Emilsson V, Cawthorne MA. Leptin inhibits glycogen synthesis in the isolated soleus muscle of obese (ob/ob) mice. FEBS Lett. 1997;411:351-5.