Tumor necrosis factor-α regulates secret
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Brian N. Finck; Rodney W. Johnson
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The seminal observation that secretion of the adipocyte-derived hormone leptin was induced by inflammatory challenge has been expanded upon to demonstrate the importance of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, especially tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-␣, in inflammatory hyperleptinemia. Initially, it was th