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ReviewBrain, behavior, and immunity2009

Three questions about leptin and immunity.

Giamila Fantuzzi

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Review in Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  5. Leptin Functions in Infectious Diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2018
    Review
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  7. Insulin resistance and skin diseases.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2015
    Review
  8. Estrogen signaling in metabolic inflammation.Mediators of inflammation · 2014
    Review
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  13. [Adipokine update - new molecules, new functions].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2010
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giamila FantuzziDepartment of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 W Taylor Street MC517, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. giamila@uic.edu
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Role of Leptin in murine modeles of IBDR01DK061483 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FANTUZZI, GIAMILA · 2003 to 2007
$1.5M
A model of obesity-associated severe acute pancreatitisR21DK068035 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FANTUZZI, GIAMILA · 2006 to 2007
$306k
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK061483NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK068035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptin is a protein produced by adipocytes (and other cell types) that acts in the brain to regulate appetite and energy expenditure according to the amount of energy stored in adipose tissue. Leptin also exerts a variety of other functions, including important roles as a regulator of immune and inflammatory reactions. The present article is not meant to be a comprehensive review on leptin and immunity, but rather highlights a few controversial issues about leptin's place in the complex network of mediators regulating immune and inflammatory responses. Three issues are discussed: (1) Where am I going, or What is the cellular target of leptin for modulation of immune responses?; (2) Where am I coming from, or Is the cellular source important in determining leptin's effects on immune responses? and (3) What am I doing, or What are leptin's effects on immune and inflammatory responses?

Indexed as

AdipocytesAdipose TissueAnimalsCytokinesFeeding BehaviorHumansInflammationLeptinLymphocytesCytokinesLeptin

Identifiers

PMID18996468
PMCPMC2699448
OpenAlexW2090452032

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