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Review: negative regulation of leptin receptor signalling Volume 17, numéro 3, September 2006

Auteurs
Department of Medical Protein Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, VIB09, Ghent University, A. Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Tel.: (+00 32) 9 264 93 02; fax: (+00 32) 9 264 94 92

Leptin was discovered as an adipostat, regulating body weight by balancing food intake and energy expenditure. Recently, leptin emerged as a pleiotropic cytokine. It plays a substantial role in a wide spectrum of other functions including immune regulation, bone formation and fertility. Leptin signalling is under tight control. Aberrations of this stringent control system may be implicated in a variety of pathologies. Here, we review the various mechanisms that control cellular leptin receptor signalling.