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Increased expression of transthyretin in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice is not causative for their major phenotypic abnormalities.
Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 2013
Rendenbach C, Ganswindt S, Seitz S, Barvencik F, Huebner A K, Baranowsky A, Streichert T, Niemeier A, Heeren J, Amling M, Bartelt A, Schinke T
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The hormone leptin is a critical regulator of adipogenesis and energy metabolism. Similarly, leptin-deficient ob/ob mice display various metabolic abnormalities, including not only obesity and insulin resistance, but also hypogonadism and high bone mass. By genome-wide expression analysis using h...
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