Leptin, from fat to inflammation: Old questions and new insights

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-301

  Otero, Miguel ^a   Lago, Rocío ^a   Lago, Francisca ^a   Casanueva, Felipe F ^b   Dieguez, Carlos ^c   Gómez Reino, Juan Jesús ^b   Gualillo, Oreste ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imflammation; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FAT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; ONCOSTATIN M; PROLACTIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTERITIS; FOOD INTAKE; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SATIETY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; FATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN;

EID: 11844253254     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.11.024     Document Type: Short Survey

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