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Postnatal development of the ob gene system: elevated leptin levels in suckling fa/fa rats.
The American journal of physiology - 1 Jul 1997
Rayner D V, Dalgliesh G D, Duncan J S, Hardie L J, Hoggard N, Trayhurn P
Abstract excerpt
The postnatal development of the ob gene system has been examined in Zucker fa/fa and +/fa plus +/+ (referred to as +/?) rats. White adipose tissue was taken from animals aged 1 to 28 days. Before weaning, white fat was predominantly subcutaneous, the amount increasing rapidly after birth. ob mRNA was detected by Northern blotting in samples of inguinal fat at 1 day of age and thereafter. Circulating leptin,...
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