Leptin is an endogenous protective protein against the toxicity exerted by tumor necrosis factor

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 207-212

  Takahashi, Nozomi ^a   Waelput, Wim ^b   Guisez, Yves ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Roche Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Leptin; Obesity; Shock; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HORMONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, OBESE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033521601     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.1.207     Document Type: Article

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