Regulation of body weight by leptin, with special reference to hypoxia-induced regulation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 941-946

  Yang, Yingzhong ^a   Droma, Yunden ^b   Rili, Ge ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^b  

^a QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypoxic environment; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Obese gene

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HIF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALTITUDE; ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT; CELL HYPOXIA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANOXIA; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; LEPTIN;

EID: 33748874255     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1733     Document Type: Review

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