Two defects contribute to hypothalamic leptin resistance in mice with diet-induced obesity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1827-1832

  El Haschimi, Karim ^a   Pierroz, Dominique D ^a   Hileman, Stanley M ^a   Bjørbæk, Christian ^a   Flier, Jeffrey S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033931981     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI9842     Document Type: Article

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