Leptin revisited: The role of leptin in starvation
Starvation causes reductions in plasma leptin concentrations, but the physiologic impact of this observation had not been documented in the starved state. Here we discuss our recent work demonstrating that hypoleptinemia activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, increasing white adipo...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Molecular & Cellular Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2018.1435185 |