Norepinephrine regulates hepatic innate
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Zhiping Li; Jude A. Oben; Shiqi Yang; Huizhi Lin; Elizabeth A. Stafford; Mark J.
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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It is not known why natural killer T (NKT) cells, which modulate liver injury by regulating local cytokine production, are reduced in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. NKT cells express adrenoceptors. Thus, we hypothesize that the low norepinephrine (NE) activity of ob/ob mice promotes depletion of liver