London, UK - A new study suggests that the physiological link between fat mass and vascular disease may in part be explained by the influence of leptin on arterial distensibility. Dr Atul Singhal ...

Leptin, a protein secreted by fat cells, may be an independent risk factor for heart disease in humans, according to an article in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Leptin, a ...

Resistance to leptin, a protein that plays a key role in regulating metabolism and appetite, may help prevent the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) ...

Before a baby is ever born, critical supply chain problems with nutrition and oxygen can result in premature birth or even death and increase the child and mother's lifelong risk of cardiovascular ...

Leptin merely correlated with body mass index, the study found. A new report on patients with types II and III spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has found that levels of the peptide hormone leptin are ...

Taipei, Taiwan — Add leptin, a hormone related to the regulation of appetite and energy balance, to the growing list of biomarker predictors of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In a presentation here at the ...

While high levels of the satiety hormone leptin don't help obese individuals lose weight, they do appear to directly contribute to their cardiovascular disease, researchers report. "With obesity, ...

It has been reported that alcohol stimulates appetite. We aimed to establish the association between leptin, as a major food intake regulating factor, and alcohol intake in patients with chronic ...

Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) result in metabolic consequences. We assessed circulating leptin and adiponectin concentrations and examined their relations to glucose metabolism in ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has emerged as a predominant chronic liver condition globally, intricately linked with obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and metabolic ...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neurotez, Inc. today announced the execution of an exclusive license agreement covering its Leptin derivatives (Leptin Products), for the treatment of Alzheimer’s ...

DALLAS, Dec. 18 – Leptin, a protein secreted by fat cells, may be an independent risk factor for heart disease in humans, according to an article today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...