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The hungry fetus? Role of leptin as a nutritional signal before birth

In adult animals, leptin is an adipose-derived hormone that is important primarily in the regulation of energy balance during short- and long-term changes in nutritional state. Expression of leptin and its receptors is widespread in fetal and placental tissues, although the role of leptin as a nutri...

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Main Authors: Forhead, Alison J, Fowden, Abigail L
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Blackwell Science Inc 2009
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674987/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19188249
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2008.167072
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