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SUBMITTER: Karimi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4017430 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karimi Khatoon K Arkani Maral M Safaei Akram A Pourhoseingholi Mohamad Amin MA Mohebbi Seyed Reza SR Fatemi Seyed Reza SR Vafaei Mohammad M
Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench 20110101 4
<h4>Aim</h4>Leptin is a 16 kDa polypeptide hormone which secreted by adipose tissue and has an important role in energy balance, insulin pathway and inflammation, because of that it may play an important role in colorectal cancer (CRC). Leptin exerts its effect through the leptin receptor (LEPR) a member of the class I cytokine receptor family.<h4>Background</h4>We have investigated whether glutamine to arginine substitution (Gln223Arg) in exon 6 of the leptin receptor gene, has implications for ...[more]