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Effects of Sex and Obesity on LEP Variant and Leptin Level Associations in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.
International journal of molecular sciences - 14 Oct 2022
Chen Hsing-Hong, Hsu Hsien-Ta, Liao Mei-Hsiu, Teng Ming-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), for which obesity and genetics are known risk factors, is a chronic process that alters the structure and function of the intervertebral discs (IVD). Circulating leptin is positively correlated with body weight and is often measured to elucidate the pathogenesis of IVD degeneration. In this study, we examined the associations of LEP single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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