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Leptin in Sarcopenic Visceral Obesity: Possible Link between Adipocytes and Myocytes

The combination of sarcopenia, age-related loss of muscle strength and mass, and obesity has been recognized as a new category of obesity among the elderly. Given that leptin has been hypothesized to be involved in the pathogenesis of sarcopenic obesity, we investigated the relationship between plas...

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Autores principales: Kohara, Katsuhiko, Ochi, Masayuki, Tabara, Yasuharu, Nagai, Tokihisa, Igase, Michiya, Miki, Tetsuro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024633