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Mutation in the leptin receptor (Leprfa) causes fat-storage-independent hyperleptinaemia in neonatal rats.
Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology - 1 Sept 1999
Hufnagel C, Eiden S, Nuesslein-Hildesheim B, Zhang Y, Leibel R, Schmidt I
Abstract excerpt
The plasma leptin concentration adjusted for fat mass is affected by mutant gene dosage in older animals segregating for Leprfa. Because the plasma of neonatal rats contains leptin, although their adipocytes contain virtually no triglyceride, we determined whether mutation dose-dependent differences in plasma leptin concentration exist before the postnatal onset of triglyceride storage. Plasma samples were...
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