Effect of exogenous leptin on serum levels of lipids, glucose, renal and hepatic variables in both genders of obese and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Objective(s): Leptin exerts various effects on appetite and body weight. Disruption of the obesitygene is precedent to fatness. Insulin or glucose elevates leptin, but streptozotocin reduces it. However, controversial data exist for the effects of leptin on diabetes and leptin level in each gender....

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Main Authors: Parichehr Hayatdavoudi, Mohsen Ghasemi, Bamdad Zendehbad, Mohammad Soukhtanloo, Alireza Golshan, Mousa Al-Reza Hadjzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2015-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/pdf_6044_fd2fa18ecca603b23a4d8568aff3478a.html