Leptin induces increased α2(I) collagen
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Neeraj K. Saxena; George Saliba; Jeffrey J. Floyd; Frank A. Anania
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Leptin is a 16‐kDa hormone with an array of biologic actions. We, and others, have demonstrated that leptin is critical to the development of liver fibrogenesis both in vitro and in the lean littermates of __ob__/__ob__ mice exposed to carbon tetrachloride (CCl~4~). Controversy exists a