Leptin as a link between the immune system and kidney-related diseases: leading actor or just a coadjuvant?

Leptin reduces gentamicin-induced apoptosis in rat renal tubular cells via the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

(2011) Yen-Cheng Chen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Cardiovascular and Sympathetic Effects of Disrupting Tyrosine 985 of the Leptin Receptor

(2011) Shannon M. Harlan et al.   HYPERTENSION

Hypertension in Obesity

(2011) L. Romayne Kurukulasuriya et al.   MEDICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Longitudinal study of leptin levels in chronic hemodialysis patients

(2011) Ilia Beberashvili et al.   Nutrition Journal

Leptin and mTOR: Partners in metabolism and inflammation

(2010) Clarissa Maya-Monteiro et al.   CELL CYCLE

Role of Central Leptin Signaling in Renal Macrophage Infiltration

(2010) Miyako TANAKA et al.   ENDOCRINE JOURNAL

Positive Relationship Between Plasma Leptin Levels and Hypertension From an Epidemiological Perspective

(2010) Jørgen Jeppesen et al.   HYPERTENSION

An Oscillatory Switch in mTOR Kinase Activity Sets Regulatory T Cell Responsiveness

(2010) Claudio Procaccini et al.   IMMUNITY

Obesity-induced Hypertension: Role of Sympathetic Nervous System, Leptin, and Melanocortins

(2010) John E. Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Leptin Modulates the Survival of Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells through the Nutrient/Energy-Sensing Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Pathway

(2010) M. Galgani et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Leptin Exacerbates Sepsis-Mediated Morbidity and Mortality

(2010) N. I. Shapiro et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

CNS Leptin Action Modulates Immune Response and Survival in Sepsis

(2010) J. Tschop et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

BTBR Ob/Ob Mutant Mice Model Progressive Diabetic Nephropathy

(2010) K. L. Hudkins et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Leveraging leptin for type I diabetes?

(2010) D. Kraus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Induction of regulatory T cells decreases adipose inflammation and alleviates insulin resistance in ob/ob mice

(2010) Y. Ilan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Macrophages, Dendritic Cells, and Kidney Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

(2010) Li Li et al.   SEMINARS IN NEPHROLOGY

THE ROLE OF INNATE IMMUNITY IN SEPTIC ACUTE KIDNEY INJURIES

(2010) Giselle Martins Gonçalves et al.   SHOCK

The mTOR pathway is highly activated in diabetic nephropathy and rapamycin has a strong therapeutic potential

(2009) Hiroyuki Mori et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Pathological influence of obesity on renal structural changes in chronic kidney disease

(2009) Shigeko Kato et al.   Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

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

(2009) Arvind Batra et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Enhanced production of IL-17A during zymosan-induced peritonitis in obese mice

(2009) Maria Pini et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Lean, but not obese, fat is enriched for a unique population of regulatory T cells that affect metabolic parameters

(2009) Markus Feuerer et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Adiponectin is increased and correlated with the degree of proteinuria, but plasma leptin is not changed in patients with chronic glomerulonephritis

(2009) KAZUYOSHI HAYAKAWA et al.   NEPHROLOGY

Leptin as an immunological adjuvant: enhanced migratory and CD8+ T cell stimulatory capacity of human dendritic cells exposed to leptin

(2008) Benedetta Mattioli et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Progress in nutritional immunology

(2008) Gabriel Fernandes   IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH

The intricate interface between immune and metabolic regulation: a role for leptin in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis?

(2008) Giuseppe Matarese et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Obesity, inflammation, and kidney disease

(2008) Maruja Navarro-Díaz et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL