Leptin secretion from adipose tissue in women: Relationship to plasma levels and gene expression

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2398-2404

  Lönnqvist, Fredrik ^a   Nordfors, Louise ^b   Jansson, Mårten ^b   Thörne, Anders ^a   Schalling, Martin ^b   Arner, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

body weight; fat cells; messenger ribonucleic acid; ob gene; obesity

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID STORAGE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 1842413691     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119422     Document Type: Article

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