Open AccessThe role of leptin in human lipid and glucose metabolism: the effects of acute recombinant human leptin infusion in young healthy males
Author(s) -
Emil Wolsk,
Helene Mygind,
Thomas Grøndahl,
Bente Klarlund Pedersen,
Gerrit van Hall
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.111.012260
Subject(s) - leptin , endocrinology , medicine , recombinant dna , lipid metabolism , carbohydrate metabolism , metabolism , obesity , chemistry , biochemistry , gene
Obese and lean humans treated with leptin have not experienced convincing weight-loss results compared with the dramatic weight losses observed in obese rodents.
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