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SUBMITTER: Etemad A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3794830 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Etemad Ali A Ramachandran Vasudevan V Pishva Seyyed Reza SR Heidari Farzad F Aziz Ahmad Fazli Abdul AF Yusof Ahmad Khairuddin Mohamed AK Pei Chong Pei CP Ismail Patimah P
International journal of molecular sciences 20130918 9
Leptin is known as the adipose peptide hormone. It plays an important role in the regulation of body fat and inhibits food intake by its action. Moreover, it is believed that leptin level deductions might be the cause of obesity and may play an important role in the development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), as well as in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The Leptin Receptor (LEPR) gene and its polymorphisms have not been extensively studied in relation to the T2DM and its complications in var ...[more]