Leptin

The article discusses the significant effect of leptin-resistance on regulating body weight, metabolism and reproductive function. The compound is released by adipocytes to signal the brain on th...

The article discusses research on the effects of various hormones. It references a study by Gerard Karsenty et al, at Columbia University Medical Center in which they found that osteoblasts relea...

Previous studies showed that mice deficient in Scd1 had a reduced level of liver triglyceride and an improvement in insulin sensitivity. We studied Scd1^-/- mice on a very low-fat, high...

The article discusses the danger of abdominal obesity, also known as metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a collection of pathological processes that place an individual at significantly inc...

Continuing research has increased our understanding of regulatory factors involving appetite, food intake, and energy metabolism. There appears to be a complex interaction among insulin, leptin, ...