Role of Leptin in the Activation of Immune Cells

Leptin promotes cell survival and activates Jurkat T lymphocytes by stimulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase

(2010) P. Fernández-Riejos et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Leptin modulates ACAT1 expression and cholesterol efflux from human macrophages

(2009) Shigeki Hongo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Leptin enhances CC-chemokine ligand expression in cultured murine macrophage

(2009) Norikazu Kiguchi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Leptin: A Critical Regulator of CD4+T-cell Polarizationin Vitroandin Vivo

(2009) Arvind Batra et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Leptin exerts an anti-apoptotic effect on human dendritic cells via the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

(2009) Benedetta Mattioli et al.   FEBS LETTERS

In vivo but not in vitro leptin enhances lymphocyte proliferation in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

(2009) Gregory E. Demas   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Human mast cells express leptin and leptin receptors

(2009) Jasmien Taildeman et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Leptin receptor is expressed in thymus medulla and leptin protects against thymic remodeling during endotoxemia-induced thymus involution

(2009) Amanda L Gruver et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Maintenance of naïve CD8 T cells in nonagenarians by leptin, IGFBP3 and T3

(2009) Jian Chen et al.   MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT

Leptin Enhances Synthesis of Proinflammatory Mediators in Human Osteoarthritic Cartilage—Mediator Role of NO in Leptin-InducedPGE2, IL-6, and IL-8 Production

(2009) Katriina Vuolteenaho et al.   MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION

Fyn Mediates Leptin Actions in the Thymus of Rodents

(2009) Alessandra Girasol et al.   PLoS One

Leptin Receptor-Related Immune Response in Colorectal Tumors: The Role of Colonocytes and Interleukin-8

(2008) M. Abolhassani et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Adipose Tissue: The New Endocrine Organ? A Review Article

(2008) Susan E. Wozniak et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Pro-inflammatory effect of leptin on peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with ankylosing spondylitis

(2008) Min-Chan Park et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

Association of leptin with inflammatory cytokines and lymphocyte subpopulations in peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis

(2008) Łukasz Milewski et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A role for leptin in sustaining lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis

(2008) K. Claycombe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulatory CD4 T cells: sensing the environment

(2007) Giuseppe Matarese et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY