Leptin and Metabolic Programming

Nutrients. 2021 Dec 28;14(1):114. doi: 10.3390/nu14010114.

Abstract

This Special Issue of Nutrients "Leptin and Metabolic Programming" includes one review article regarding the function of leptin throughout the entire life on cardiometabolic fates and four original articles related to the new function of leptin present in milk and liquid amniotic, its possible relation with other components of breast milk, and how environmental conditions may impact on leptin action and metabolic programming [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leptin / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Metabolic Networks and Pathways / drug effects*
  • Milk, Human / chemistry

Substances

  • LEP protein, human
  • Leptin