From fat fighter to risk factor: the zigzag trek of leptin

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2004 Jan;24(1):7-9. doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000110908.43721.ad.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Arteriosclerosis / epidemiology*
  • Arteriosclerosis / etiology
  • Dietary Fats / adverse effects
  • Disease Progression
  • Endothelium, Vascular / pathology
  • Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Insulin Resistance / physiology
  • Leptin / deficiency
  • Leptin / genetics
  • Leptin / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / pathology
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / genetics
  • Obesity / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / deficiency
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / physiology
  • Receptors, Leptin
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Dietary Fats
  • Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors
  • LEPR protein, human
  • Leptin
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Receptors, Leptin
  • leptin receptor, mouse