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Leptin in Anorexia and Cachexia Syndrome
Leptin is a product of the obese (OB) gene secreted by adipocytes in proportion to fat mass. It decreases food intake and increases energy expenditure by affecting the balance between orexigenic and anorexigenic hypothalamic pathways. Low leptin levels are responsible for the compensatory increase i...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2012
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Accesso online: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303568/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22518191 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/287457 |
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