BACKGROUND: Leptin is secreted from adipose tissue and plays an important role in
obesity. Recent studies have shown that the relationship between leptin and body fat mass …

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The discovery of a role for leptin in controlling fetal and
neonatal growth suggests a fetal origin of some adult chronic diseases and has stimulated …

The leptin to fat ratio early in life could contribute to fixing the set point of leptin feedback at
the hypothalamic level. Subjects from Asian and Caucasian ethnicities differ in body …

OBJECTIVE Leptin, a hormone that signals the amount of energy stores to the brain, has
recently been shown to play a role in the regulation of several hypothalamic pituitary axes …

Leptin is a 16-kD protein encoded by the ob/ob (obesity) gene. In rodents it plays a role in
obesity, diabetes, fertility, and neuroendocrine function. In humans serum concentrations of …

The aim of the study was to investigate cord blood leptin concentrations and their
relationship to birth weight and gender in term pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia …

AIMS: To verify if plasma leptin concentrations of newborns at birth differ significantly
between sexes; and to investigate the potential interactions between plasma leptin and …

Background Cord blood leptin increases with advancing gestation. Preterm delivery leads to
premature separation from the maternal and placental leptin source predisposing infants to …

OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether fetal growth restriction is associated with alterations of
leptin concentrations in umbilical cord blood and maternal serum. METHODS Maternal …

The aim of this study was to evaluate leptin concentration at birth and in early postnatal life
in small-and appropriate-for-gestational-age infants and to assess its relationship with …