Elevated leptin: Consequence or cause of obesity?

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3531-3544

  Scarpace, Philip J ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Leptin antagonist; Leptin resistance; STAT3

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

LEPTIN;

ADULT; BLOOD; DIET; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; DIET; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34347235476     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2332     Document Type: Article

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