The Causes and Potential Injurious Effects of Elevated Serum Leptin Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Leptin is an adipokine that regulates appetite and body mass and has many other pleiotropic functions, including regulating kidney function. Increased evidence shows that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hyperleptinemia, but the reasons for this phenomenon are not fully understood. In...

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Autores principales: Korczynska, Justyna, Czumaj, Aleksandra, Chmielewski, Michal, Swierczynski, Julian, Sledzinski, Tomasz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33925217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094685

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33925217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094685

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