TY - JOUR
T1 - Leptin and regulation of linear growth
AU - Gat-Yablonski, Galia
AU - Phillip, Moshe
PY - 2008/5
Y1 - 2008/5
N2 - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Leptin, first identified as the product of the ob gene in leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob) mice, was originally described as a circulating hormone involved in feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. It was later found to be a pleiotropic hormone involved in the regulation of a variety of physiological processes. This review summarizes our recent understanding of the role of leptin as a linear growth-stimulating factor. RECENT FINDINGS: Leptin was found to have mitogenic effects on numerous cell types in vivo and in vitro, including several cancer cells, cells of the immune system, as well as chondrocytes of the epiphyseal growth plate. SUMMARY: Leptin stimulates linear growth by regulating the energy balance of the organism and by stimulating the production and secretion of growth hormone from the hypothalamus; at the same time, it is involved with bone remodeling and has a direct effect on the chondrocytes of the growth plate.
AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Leptin, first identified as the product of the ob gene in leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob) mice, was originally described as a circulating hormone involved in feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. It was later found to be a pleiotropic hormone involved in the regulation of a variety of physiological processes. This review summarizes our recent understanding of the role of leptin as a linear growth-stimulating factor. RECENT FINDINGS: Leptin was found to have mitogenic effects on numerous cell types in vivo and in vitro, including several cancer cells, cells of the immune system, as well as chondrocytes of the epiphyseal growth plate. SUMMARY: Leptin stimulates linear growth by regulating the energy balance of the organism and by stimulating the production and secretion of growth hormone from the hypothalamus; at the same time, it is involved with bone remodeling and has a direct effect on the chondrocytes of the growth plate.
KW - Chondrocytes
KW - Growth
KW - Growth without growth hormone
KW - Leptin
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=42149108059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3282f795cf
DO - 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3282f795cf
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C2 - 18403928
AN - SCOPUS:42149108059
SN - 1363-1950
VL - 11
SP - 303
EP - 308
JO - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
JF - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
IS - 3
ER -
