Hyperleptinemia: an early sign of juvenile obesity. Relations to body fat depots and insulin concentrations
Caprio S, Tamborlane WV, Silver D, Robinson C, Leibel R, McCarthy S, Grozman A, Belous A, Maggs D, Sherwin RS. Hyperleptinemia: an early sign of juvenile obesity. Relations to body fat depots and insulin concentrations. American Journal Of Physiology 1996, 271: e626-e630. PMID: 8843759, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.3.e626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisceral fat massLeptin levelsLeptin concentrationsFat depotsJuvenile obesityFat massInsulin concentrationsDb/db miceHyperglycemic clamp studiesAdult obese subjectsOb gene productDevelopment of obesityFa/fa ratsLeptin mRNA expressionSubcutaneous fat depotsMagnetic resonance imagingSpecific fat depotsObese subjectsNonobese subjectsObese childrenDb miceNonobese childrenAcute increaseObese stateHyperinsulinemic conditions