Mammary leptin synthesis, milk leptin and their putative physiological roles

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-413

  Bonnet, Muriel ^a   Delavaud, Carole ^a   Laud, Karine ^b   Gourdou, Isabelle ^b   Leroux, Christine ^a   Djiane, Jean ^b   Chilliard, Yves ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Leptin; Mammary tissue; Milk

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MILK PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; BREAST; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; COLOSTRUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036767081     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2002034     Document Type: Review

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