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Role of leptin resistance in the development of obesity in older patients

Obesity is a global epidemic associated with aging-like cellular processes; in both aging and obesity, resistance to hormones such as insulin and leptin can be observed. Leptin is a circulating hormone/cytokine with central and peripheral effects that is released mainly by subcutaneous white adipose...

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Autores principales: Carter, Sophie, Caron, Alexandre, Richard, Denis, Picard, Frédéric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869170
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S36367