Ghrelin and leptin modulate immunity and liver function in overweight children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-13

  Okamatsu, Yuki ^a   Matsuda, Kentaro ^a   Hiramoto, Ikue ^c   Tani, Hidekazu ^a   Kimura, Koichi ^a   Yada, Yoichi ^a   Kakuma, Tatsuyuki ^a   Higuchi, Sadanobu ^c   Kojima, Masayasu ^b   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Ghrelin; Immunoglobulin; Leptin; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GHRELIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEPTIN;

ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LIVER; MALE; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 60849097891     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02647.x     Document Type: Article

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