Leptin revisited: Its mechanism of action and potential for treating diabetes

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 692-708

  Coppari, Roberto ^a,b,c   Bjørbæk, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EXENDIN 4; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULFONYLUREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TROGLITAZONE;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MECHANISM; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPODYSTROPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866076374     PISSN: 14741776     EISSN: 14741784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrd3757     Document Type: Review

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