Leptin

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Castracane, V. Daniel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Henson, Michael C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Σειρά: Endocrine Updates, 25
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Medicine & Public Health.

The discovery of leptin little more than a decade ago, as a hormone produced in white adipose tissue with an important role in satiety and energy expenditure, was a seminal event in our understanding of adiposity. This initial advance in the new endocrinology of obesity was soon followed by the real...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Obese (ob/ob) Mouse and the Discovery of Leptin
• Leptin Receptors
• Leptin and Obesity
• Leptin and Neuroendocrinology
• Leptin-Insulin Interrelationships
• Leptin and Other Endocrine Systems
• Leptin and Immune Function, Inflammation and Angiognenesis
• Leptin and Bone Central control of bone metabolism by leptin
• Roles and Regulation of Leptin in Reproduction
• Leptin and Cardiovascular Disease
• Leptin and Cancer
• Lipodystrophy: The experiment of nature to study leptin
• Pulsatile and Diurnal Leptin Rhythms
• Leptin in Farm Animals
• Genetic Disorders Involving Leptin and the Leptin Receptor
• Immunoassays for Leptin and Leptin Receptors
• Clinical Applications of Leptin.