What does LEPR stand for?

Leptin Receptor

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Samples in periodicals archive:

If animals are missing leptin, or the leptin receptor, they eat too much and become severely obese.

New brain pathway for regulating weight, bone mass identified

Cerman AA, Bozkurt S, Sav A et al: Serum leptin levels, skin leptin and leptin receptor expression in psoriasis.

Investigation of serum leptin levels in psoriatic ...

Additionally, a submaximal central blockade with a leptin antagonist leads to obesity on both chow and HF diets, as is the case in rodents with leptin receptor deficiency of genetic origin.

Leptin resistance: a prediposing factor for diet-induced obesity

A mutation in the human leptin receptor gene causes obesity and pituitary dysfunction.

Addressing the panic about 'obesity': policy to protect health

MSI-1436 is a novel therapeutic for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity which acts by regulating insulin and leptin receptor signaling through inhibition of the tyrosine phosphatase, PTP-1B.

GENAERA FILES IND FOR TRODUSQUEMINE (MSI-1436)

Synopsis: This study indicates that it is very difficult to explain human obesity on the basis of central nervous system "leptin resistance," in that leptin is released in the brain, and at a higher level in the obese, and brain leptin receptor gene expression is not impaired in obesity.

Brain Leptin Resistance in Human Obesity Revisited

Soon, researchers will put Hardy under anesthesia and inject a virus with a leptin receptor into his brain.

From Reality TV To Real Life; The battle of the bulge is a fight for ...

Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural localization of leptin and leptin receptor in human white adipose tissue and differentiating human adipose cells in primary culture.

Leptin biosynthetic pathway in white adipocytes