Article
[Leptin Receptor].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jul 1998
Takaya K, Ogawa Y, Masuzaki H, Matsuoka N, Hosoda K, Nakao K
Abstract excerpt
Leptin is a fat cell-derived satiety factor that regulates food intake and energy expenditure. Its effects are mediated by interactions with the leptin receptor (Ob-R) that is alternatively spliced to encode at least five isoforms(a-e), which are distributed in a wide range of tissues including t...
Topics
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Hyperphagia
- Leptin
- Mice
- Mutation
- Obesity
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Proteins
- Rats
- Rats, Zucker
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Leptin
- Signal Transduction
- Trans-Activators