Science news articles about 'hormone leptin'
Combining exercise with hormone could prevent weight gain
Once heralded as a promising obesity treatment, the hormone leptin lost its fat-fighting luster ... act of running appears to do is allow the leptin to work again. It’s a demonstration that this simple act ...Battle of the bulge: Low leptin levels undermine successful weight loss
... University Medical Center, New York, has provided new insight into the critical interaction between the hormone leptin and the brain's response to weight loss. Leptin levels fall as obese individuals ...Study shows direct link between leptin and obesity-related cardiovascular disease
... pounds. But new Ohio University research suggests that obesity raises levels of the hormone leptin, which can be as big a threat to the cardiovascular system as cholesterol. Tadeusz Malinski and ...Curbing Hormones' Effects In Obese Patients Could Aid Against Breast Cancer
... EGFR inhibitors, largely written off for breast cancers, could be effective in obese patients. The hormones leptin and IGF-1 synergistically stimulate migration and invasion in breast cancer cells. ...New Treatment For Diabetes? Leptin's Long-distance Call To The Pancreas
... to treat diabetes. Researchers show, the fat-derived hormone leptin enlists the sympathetic nervous system to prevent bone-making cells from releasing a molecule that prods the ...Newly discovered road map of leptin explains its regulation of bone and appetite
... to decrease appetite without weakening bone." HORMONE LEPTIN SUPRESSES BONE FORMATION BY SHUTTING OFF ... This new study reveals that high levels of leptin suppress bone formation by shutting off the ...Eating junk while pregnant can harm your baby
... -factor. The female offspring were particularly badly affected, expressing high levels of glucose and the appetite-promoting hormone leptin making them very prone to obesity. " ...Newly identified cells make fat
... visibly detectable marker luciferase is expressed under the control of the promoter of the gene that produces the hormone leptin. In this mouse strain the luciferase marker gene only switches on in ...Natural brain substance blocks weight gain in mice, UT Southwestern researchers discover
... have found. The chemical, orexin, works by increasing the body's sensitivity to the "weight-loss hormone," leptin, the researchers report. Finding a way to boost the orexin system may prove useful ...How to get obese mice moving -- and cure their diabetes
Mice lacking the fat hormone leptin or the ability to respond to it become morbidly obese and severely ... (ARC). The ARC contains two types of leptin-responsive neurons, the POMC neurons, which cause a ...New information about how fat increases blood pressure could help identify those at risk
... day help physicians better select an antihypertensive medication for those who do. A key player is the hormone leptin, produced by fat cells. Overweight individuals generally produce more of the ...Researchers identify new brain pathway for regulating weight and bone mass
Contrary to the prevailing view, the hormone leptin, which is critical for normal food intake and metabolism, appears to regulate bone mass and suppress appetite by acting mainly through serotonin ...Scientists find obesity alone does not cause arthritis in animals
... Duke University study has found that the absence of the appetite hormone leptin can determine whether obese mice ... no arthritis if their bodies didn't have leptin," said Farshid Guilak, Ph.D., director ...
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