Pegylated leptin antagonist with strong orexigenic activity in mice is not effective in chickens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-184

  Gertler, A ^a   Shinder, D ^b   Yosefi, S ^b   Shpilman, M ^a   Rosenblum, C I ^c   Ruzal, M ^b   Seroussi, E ^b   Freidman Einat, M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken leptin; Chicken leptin receptor; Energy balance; Leptin antagonist

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN LEPTIN; CHICKEN LEPTIN RECEPTOR; ENERGY BALANCE; LEPTIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; EATING; FATS; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893429445     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.095539     Document Type: Article

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