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ArticleEndocrine connections2017

Leptin pharmacokinetics in male mice.

Robert A Hart, Robin C Dobos, Linda L Agnew, Neil A Smart, James R McFarlane

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Article in Endocrine connections, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert A HartCentre for Bioactive Discovery in Health and AgeingUniversity of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia rhart7@une.edu.au.
Robin C DobosNSW Department of Primary IndustriesArmidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Linda L AgnewCentre for Bioactive Discovery in Health and AgeingUniversity of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Neil A SmartCentre for Bioactive Discovery in Health and AgeingUniversity of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
James R McFarlaneCentre for Bioactive Discovery in Health and AgeingUniversity of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
University of New England · AUNew South Wales Department of Primary Industries · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacokinetics of leptin in mammals has not been studied in detail and only one study has examined more than one time point in non-mutant mice and this was in a female mice. This is the first study to describe leptin distribution over a detailed time course in normal male mice. A physiologic dose (12 ng) of radiolabelled leptin was injected into adult male mice via the lateral tail vein and tissues were dissected out and measured for radioactivity over a time course of up to two hours. Major targets were the digestive tract, kidneys, skin and lungs. The brain was not a major target, and 0.15% of the total dose was recovered from the brain 5 min after administration. Major differences appear to exist in the distribution of leptin between the male and female mice, indicating a high degree of sexual dimorphism. Although the half-lives were similar between male and female mice, almost twice the proportion of leptin was recovered from the digestive tract of male mice in comparison to that reported previously for females. This would seem to indicate a major difference in leptin distribution and possibly function between males and females.

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