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Leptin inhibits bone formation through a hypothalamic relay: a central control of bone mass.
Cell - 21 Jan 2000
Ducy P, Amling M, Takeda S, Priemel M, Schilling A F, Beil F T, Shen J, Vinson C, Rueger J M, Karsenty G
Abstract excerpt
Gonadal failure induces bone loss while obesity prevents it. This raises the possibility that bone mass, body weight, and gonadal function are regulated by common pathways. To test this hypothesis, we studied leptin-deficient and leptin receptor-deficient mice that are obese and hypogonadic. Both mutant mice have an increased bone formation leading to high bone mass despite hypogonadism and hypercortisolism. This...
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