Leptin response to glucocorticoid occurs at physiological doses and is abolished by fasting

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 232-237

  Dagogo Jack, Samuel ^a,b   Umamaheswaran, Indira ^a   Askari, Hasan ^a   Tykodi, Gunjan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Fasting; Hydrocortisone; Leptin regulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FASTING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; KINETICS; LEPTIN; MALE; PLACEBOS;

EID: 0043231576     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.36     Document Type: Article

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