Serum Immunoreactive-Leptin Concentrations in Normal-Weight and Obese Humans
Open Access
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (5) , 292-295
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199602013340503
Abstract
Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is a hormone secreted by adipocytes. Animals with mutations in the ob gene are obese and lose weight when given leptin, but little is known about the physiologic actions of leptin in humans.Keywords
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