POTENTIAL NEW ROLES OF LEPTIN IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

Leptin is an adipose-tissue specific cytokine described 20 years ago and classically thought to be involved in regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis. More recently, leptin was proven to exert other multiple roles in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, reproductive system, and inflammatory...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi 2016-04, Vol.120 (2), p.252-257
Hauptverfasser:	Florescu, A, Bîlha, Stefana, Buţa, Corina, Vulpoi, Carmen, Preda, Cristina, Ristescu, Irma, Grigoraş, Ioana, Brănişteanu, D D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adipose Tissue - metabolism Biomarkers - metabolism Bone and Bones - metabolism Carbohydrate Metabolism Eating Homeostasis - genetics Humans Inflammation - diagnosis Inflammation - metabolism Leptin - genetics Leptin - metabolism Lipid Metabolism Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Sensitivity and Specificity Sepsis - diagnosis Sepsis - metabolism
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Zusammenfassung:	Leptin is an adipose-tissue specific cytokine described 20 years ago and classically thought to be involved in regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis. More recently, leptin was proven to exert other multiple roles in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, reproductive system, and inflammatory and immune reactions. Emerging data propose leptin to be a modulator of bone mass. In some particular circumstances leptin synthesis follow specific patterns in inflammation and sepsis, not being proportional with fat mass. Therefore, it may be used as diagnostic or prognostic marker for critical illness.
ISSN:	0048-7848