Interferon-alpha suppresses leptin levels: Studies in interferon-alpha treated patients with hepatitis C virus infection and murine adipocytes

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-229

  Kaser, Susanne ^a   Kaser, Arthur ^a   Vogel, Wolfgang ^a   Patsch, Josef R ^a   Tilg, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Chronic hepatitis C virus infection; Interferon alpha; Leptin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALORIC INTAKE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL STRAIN 3T3; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION;

3T3 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ADULT; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMAN; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035991551     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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