Background: Leptin has been shown to regulate food intake and energy expenditure.
Because leptin acts via regulation of appetite, we studied the hypothesis that suggests leptin …

Leptin, the product of the adipose specific ob gene, regulates food intake and energy
expenditure. However, little is known about the effects of thyroid status on plasma leptin …

Women have higher circulating leptin levels than men. This sex difference is not simply
explained by differences in the amount of body fat and is possibly influenced by their …

Leptin, the obese (ob) gene product, is an adipocyte-derived satiety factor that is involved in
the regulation of food ingestion and body weight. To investigate glucocorticoid regulation of …

Whether the higher serum leptin levels in women are due to gender differences in fat mass
or to other factors such as sex steroids remains unclear. In addition to sex steroids, serum …

Leptin is a hormone with pleiotropic functions affecting several tissues. Because leptin has a
crucial role in the adaptation of an organism to semi-starvation, anorexia nervosa (AN) …

Plasma leptin has been shown to correlate positively with many indices of obesity, as well as
insulin resistance. For a given body weight, the levels are higher in women than in men, but …

This study examined the effects of caloric restriction and weight loss on serum leptin
concentrations in 49 obese women who participated in a 40-week weight loss program …

Leptin, a protein containing 167 amino acids, demonstrates structural similarities with
cytokine family and is mainly produced by adipocytes. The leptin receptor (OB-R) is a large …

OBJECTIVES: Leptin may be involved in the regulation of body weight, food intake, and
energy expenditure. In view of a possible link between leptin concentrations and diabetes …