Leptin regulates energetic tradeoffs between body fat and humoural immunity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1574, 2005, Pages 1845-1850

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Sakaria, Sangeeta ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body fat; Energetics; Immune; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; LEPTIN;

IMMUNE RESPONSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIPECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MURINAE; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 26244461187     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3126     Document Type: Article

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