Leptin induces TNFα-dependent inflammation in acquired generalized lipodystrophy and combined Crohn’s disease

Leptin induces TNFα-dependent inflammation in acquired generalized lipodystrophy and combined Crohn’s disease

The adipokine leptin modulates intestinal inflammation in mice. Here the authors describe a patient with inflammatory bowel disease and lipodystrophy, providing evidence that leptin aggravates intestinal inflammation with proinflammatory effects on leukocytes that are reversible by TNFα blockade.

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Main Authors: Jörn F. Ziegler, Chotima Böttcher, Marilena Letizia, Cansu Yerinde, Hao Wu, Inka Freise, Yasmina Rodriguez-Sillke, Ani K. Stoyanova, Martin E. Kreis, Patrick Asbach, Desiree Kunkel, Josef Priller, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Anja A. Kühl, Konstanze Miehle, Michael Stumvoll, Florian Tran, Broder Fredrich, Michael Forster, Andre Franke, Christian Bojarski, Rainer Glauben, Britt-Sabina Löscher, Britta Siegmund, Carl Weidinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13559-7

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13559-7

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