Concordance of bioactive vs. total immunoreactive serum leptin levels in children with severe early onset obesity.

Concordance of bioactive vs. total immunoreactive serum leptin levels in children with severe early onset obesity.

Leptin secreted from adipose tissue signals peripheral energy status to the brain. Monogenic leptin deficiency results in severe early onset obesity with hyperphagia. Recently, a similar phenotype of inactivating leptin mutations but with preserved immunoreactivity and hence normal circulating immun...

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Main Authors: Juraj Stanik, Jürgen Kratzsch, Kathrin Landgraf, Kathrin Scheuermann, Ulrike Spielau, Ruth Gausche, Daniela Gasperikova, Wieland Kiess, Antje Körner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5441582?pdf=render

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