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... the exception of the SH2B1 gene, which plays a role in the leptin signalling and thus in the regulation of appetite, none of the other ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2009 - 11:24am - 0 attachments

... change while the body is at rest.    The hormone leptin is immediately involved in the regulation of appetite and metabolism as well as the burning of calories. Put simply, leptin is the chemical that tells the brain when you're full, when it should ...

Article - Ashley Cox - Nov 26 2008 - 9:04am - 0 attachments

Eating too much fructose can induce leptin resistance, a condition that can easily lead to becoming overweight when ... rats. Although previous studies have shown that being leptin resistant can lead to rapid weight gain on a high-fat, high-calorie diet, this is the first study to show that leptin resistance can develop as a result of high fructose consumption. The ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2008 - 12:31am - 0 attachments

... Using an animal strain called the leptin-luciferase mouse, Rockefeller University researchers observed the ... Birsoy's technique uses another animal strain called the leptin-luciferase mouse, in which the visibly detectable marker luciferase is ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 4 2008 - 4:17pm - 1 attachment

... of dysfunctions, including resistance to insulin and leptin," both important metabolic hormones. Earlier studies showed that ... that this activity in the brain leads to insulin and leptin resistance. Insulin lowers blood sugar by causing cells of the body to ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2008 - 12:05pm - 0 attachments

... information provided by circulating hormones such as leptin and ghrelin and from fuels such as glucose and fatty acids]," says ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2008 - 12:44pm - 0 attachments

... insight into the critical interaction between the hormone leptin and the brain's response to weight loss. Leptin levels fall as obese individuals lose weight. So, the authors set out to ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2008 - 8:32am - 0 attachments

... for Disease Control and Prevention. Scientists once hoped leptin, a hormone that sends the body chemical signals to stop eating and use ... same way, likely because their bodies already overproduce leptin, causing them to develop resistance to the hormone. But now ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2008 - 5:25pm - 0 attachments

... that the field essentially began with the discovery of leptin. Nothing before that mattered, they believed. Thanks to Dev Rana. ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Dec 4 2007 - 6:18pm - 0 attachments

... break down fats; the receptor for the appetite hormone leptin; and sterol carrier protein 2, which helps convert cholesterol into bile ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2008 - 12:02am - 0 attachments