Discovery of the Elusive Leptin in Birds: Identification of Several ‘Missing Links’ in the Evolution of Leptin and Its Receptor

Transcriptional analysis of abdominal fat in genetically fat and lean chickens reveals adipokines, lipogenic genes and a link between hemostasis and leanness

(2013) Christopher W Resnyk et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Peregrine and saker falcon genome sequences provide insights into evolution of a predatory lifestyle

(2013) Xiangjiang Zhan et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The duck genome and transcriptome provide insight into an avian influenza virus reservoir species

(2013) Yinhua Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Effects of recombinant trout leptin in superoxide production and NF-κB/MAPK phosphorylation in blood leukocytes

(2013) Giovanna Mariano et al.   PEPTIDES

Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes

(2013) John A St John et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Drosophila Cytokine Unpaired 2 Regulates Physiological Homeostasis by Remotely Controlling Insulin Secretion

(2012) Akhila Rajan et al.   CELL

Knockdown of leptin A expression dramatically alters zebrafish development

(2012) Qin Liu et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Ligand-Induced Architecture of the Leptin Receptor Signaling Complex

(2012) Liliya V. Mancour et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Leptin and leptin receptor: Analysis of a structure to function relationship in interaction and evolution from humans to fish

(2012) J.W. Prokop et al.   PEPTIDES

Structure of the Human Obesity Receptor Leptin-Binding Domain Reveals the Mechanism of Leptin Antagonism by a Monoclonal Antibody

(2012) Byron Carpenter et al.   STRUCTURE

The WSXWS Motif in Cytokine Receptors Is a Molecular Switch Involved in Receptor Activation: Insight from Structures of the Prolactin Receptor

(2012) Robert Dagil et al.   STRUCTURE

Detection of Leptin Activity in Living Cells Expressing Chicken Leptin Receptor and STAT3

(2011) Hiromi Adachi et al.   JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of Leptin Structure and Function

(2011) Robert J. Denver et al.   NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Leptin in Teleost Fishes: An Argument for Comparative Study

(2011) Donald L. Copeland et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

I-TASSER: a unified platform for automated protein structure and function prediction

(2010) Ambrish Roy et al.   Nature Protocols

Effects of BDNF, T3, and corticosterone on expression of the hypothalamic obesity gene network in vivo and in vitro

(2009) Mardi S. Byerly et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Is there a leptin gene in the chicken genome? Lessons from phylogenetics, bioinformatics and genomics

(2009) Frédérique Pitel et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

I-TASSER server for protein 3D structure prediction

(2008) Yang Zhang   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Chicken leptin

(2008) P.J. Sharp et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Monitoring leptin activity using the chicken leptin receptor

(2008) Gideon Hen et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Chicken leptin receptor is functional in activating JAK–STATpathway in vitro

(2008) Hiromi Adachi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Leptin Signaling and Action in Birds

(2008) Takeshi Ohkubo et al.   JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE