The physiology of leptin: revisited
Leptin, a 167 amino-acid product of the ob or LEP gene, was first reported in 1994 after a 40-year search that began following the emergence of a mutant strain of mice with hyperphagia, early on-set obesity, and delayed sexual maturation. Since then, leptin deficiency has also been reported in the r...
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Medical Health Reviews, Universiti Teknologi MARA
2009
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| Online Access: | http://www.myjurnal.my/public/article-view.php?id=18350 |