Intracellular signalling pathways activated by leptin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-20

  Frühbeck, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipocyte; Cytokine; Janus kinase signal transducer and activator of transcription pathway (JAK STAT pathway); Leptin receptor; Obesity; Signalling cascade

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; IMMUNOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTE; CYTOKINE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; OBESITY; SIGNALLING CASCADE;

HORMONES;

ACTIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; ISOPROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; LEPTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANGIOGENESIS; BODY MASS; BONE REMODELING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME BINDING; GENE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; METABOLIC REGULATION; OB R GENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 30044434035     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051578     Document Type: Review

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