Leptin and cancer: Pathogenesis and modulation

Leptin, a product of Ob gene from adipocytes regulates appetite, energy expenditure and body mass composition by decreasing orexigenic and increasing anorexigenic neuropeptide release from hypothalamus. Research over the past few years have suggested leptin/leptin receptor dysregulation to have a ro...

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Main Authors: Deep Dutta, Sujoy Ghosh, Kaushik Pandit, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Subhankar Chowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2012;volume=16;issue=9;spage=596;epage=600;aulast=Dutta