Leptin surge precedes onset of autoimmune encephalomyelitis and correlates with development of pathogenic T cell responses

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-250

  Sanna, Veronica ^a   Di Giacomo, Antonio ^b   La Cava, Antonio ^c   Lechler, Robert I ^d   Fontana, Silvia ^a   Zappacosta, Serafino ^a   Matarese, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliara V Monaldi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LEPTIN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STARVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; LEPTIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TH1 CELLS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037241113     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200316721     Document Type: Article

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