Leptin and gastro-intestinal malignancies

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 863-874

  Howard, J M ^a   Pidgeon, G P ^a   Reynolds, J V ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; CYTOKINE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649484649     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00718.x     Document Type: Review

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