Role of leptin in the immune system

Current Immunology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 230-234

  Fernández Riejos, Patricia ^a   González Yanes, Carmen ^a   Najib, Souad ^a   Martín Romero, Consuelo ^a   Santos Alvarez, José ^a   Sánchez Margalet, Víctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cellular immunology; Immune response; Immune tolerance; Inflammation; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 65949091997     PISSN: 15733955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339508786447841     Document Type: Review

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