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Requirement for leptin in the induction and progression of autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 May 2001
Matarese G, Di Giacomo A, Sanna V, Lord G M, Howard J K, Di Tuoro A, Bloom S R, Lechler R I, Zappacosta S, Fontana S
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence indicates that leptin modifies T cell immunity, and may provide a key link between nutritional deficiency and immune dysfunction. To study the influence of leptin on autoimmunity, susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced by immunization with a myelin-derived peptide was examined in leptin-deficient, C57BL/6J-ob/ob mice, with or without leptin replacement, and in...
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