Leptin regulation of inflammatory responses in human gingival fibroblasts
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are positively associated with the destructive, chronic inflammatory disease periodontitis. The adipokine leptin is elevated in obesity and T2DM, and promotes inflammatory responses. Gingival fibroblasts are implicated in the pathogenesis of periodontitis...
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.689611 |