| Literature DB >> 7584987 |
M Maffei1, J Halaas, E Ravussin, R E Pratley, G H Lee, Y Zhang, H Fei, S Kim, R Lallone, S Ranganathan.
Abstract
Leptin, the gene product of the obese gene, may play an important role in regulating body weight by signalling the size of the adipose tissue mass. Plasma leptin was found to be highly correlated with body mass index (BMI) in rodents and in 87 lean and obese humans. In humans, there was variability in plasma leptin at each BMI suggesting that there are differences in its secretion rate from fat. Weight loss due to food restriction was associated with a decrease in plasma leptin in samples from mice and obese humans.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7584987 DOI： 10.1038/nm1195-1155
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Med ISSN： 1078-8956 Impact factor: 53.440