Leptin : a pleitropic factor in physiology / Fayez A Almabhouh … [et al.]
Leptin, a 16 kDa protein and a product of the ob/ob gene, has a tertiary structure similar to that of a cytokine. It is primarily secreted by white adipose tissue and its levels in the blood correlate positively with percentage body fat. Leptin was first identified in 1994 as a major factor that reg...
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Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor
2019
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30060/1/AJ_FAYEZ%20A%20ALMABHOUH%20JCHS%20B%2019.pdf |