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Leptin responsiveness and gene dosage for leptin receptor mutation (fa) in newborn rats.
The American journal of physiology - 1 May 1999
Kraeft S, Schwarzer K, Eiden S, Nuesslein-Hildesheim B, Preibisch G, Schmidt I
Abstract excerpt
To determine the degree to which the leptin receptor mutation (fa) influences the responsiveness to leptin during the first postnatal week, we injected recombinant leptin (600 pmol. g-1. day-1 sc from day 1 to day 7) into wild-type (+/+), heterozygous (+/fa), and fatty (fa/fa) rat pups. Growth and final body fat content of these leptin-treated pups were compared with those of saline-treated littermates of the...
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