Leptin and Beyond: Actors in Cancer.

Published in: Biomolecules (2021)

Leptin is a 16-kDa multifunctional, neuroendocrine peptide hormone secreted by adipocytes in proportion to total adipose tissue mass, known to control food intake, energy homeostasis, immune response, and reproductive processes [...].

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
immune response
papillary thyroid
insulin resistance
high fat diet
drug delivery
squamous cell
heat shock protein
cancer therapy
lymph node metastasis
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
young adults
inflammatory response
high fat diet induced
skeletal muscle