Leptin receptor-expressing neuron Sh2b1 supports sympathetic nervous system and protects against obesity and metabolic disease

Leptin regulates the sympathetic nervous system, energy expenditure and body weight through incompletely understood mechanisms. Here the authors report that Sh2b1 in leptin receptor positive neurons mediates the ability of leptin to stimulate sympathetic nerve activity in brown adipose tissue, body...

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Main Authors: Lin Jiang, Haoran Su, Xiaoyin Wu, Hong Shen, Min-Hyun Kim, Yuan Li, Martin G. Myers, Chung Owyang, Liangyou Rui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15328-3