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Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts Protect ob/ob Mice From Obesity and Metabolic Complications.
Endocrinology - 1 Sept 2018
Ferguson Daniel, Blenden Mitchell, Hutson Irina, Du Yingqiu, Harris Charles A
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The global obesity epidemic is fueling alarming rates of diabetes, associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Leptin is a hormone secreted by adipose tissue that is a key regulator of body weight (BW) and energy expenditure. Leptin-deficient humans and mice are obese, diabetic, and infertile and have hepatic steatosis. Although leptin replacement therapy can alleviate the pathologies...
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