Leptin is a hormone that plays a key role in regulating your appetite and body weight. It's responsible for signaling to the brain that you're full after eating. While leptin levels tend to be higher ...
In humans, many leptin deficiency syndromes are responsive to leptin replacement therapy. As leptin is involved in numerous pathways, the effects of too little leptin are widespread (including ...
Ghrelin and leptin are two hormones naturally found in your body. Ghrelin, the "hunger hormone," tells your brain when you are hungry. Leptin, the "fullness hormone," tells your brain when you are ...
Now, writing in Cell Metabolism, Ozcan and colleagues show that decreasing endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress may sensitize the body to the key metabolic regulator leptin, revealing a potential ...