Role of leptin in the induction of obesity-related inflammation and infection susceptibility
Doctor of Philosophy === Department of Human Nutrition === Tonatiuh Melgarejo === Obesity is a metabolic disease accompanied by a disruption in the immune system leading to systemic inflammation and susceptibility to infections. Leptin, the peptide secreted by adipocytes in proportion to fat mass, i...
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Kansas State University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20115 |