Probing microstructural changes in muscles of leptin-deficient zebrafish by non-invasive ex-vivo magnetic resonance microimaging.

Leptin is a hormone that plays a key role in controlling food intake and energy homeostasis. Skeletal muscle is an important target for leptin and recent studies have shown that leptin deficiency may lead to muscular atrophy. However, leptin deficiency-induced structural changes in muscles are poorl...

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Main Authors: Muhamed N Hashem Eeza, Rico Singer, Yi Ding, Junling He, Zain Zuberi, Hans J Baelde, Huub J M de Groot, Jörg Matysik, Herman P Spaink, A Alia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284215