Connecting leptin signaling to biological function

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2014, Pages T25-T35

  Allison, Margaret B ^a   Myers, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Leptin; Obesity; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR B; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 2; SH2B1 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENERGY BALANCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MODULATION; MOUSE MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907867610     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-14-0404     Document Type: Review

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