Leptin Does Not Mediate Hypertension Associated With Human Obesity.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension and obesity are known to be linked, with recent studies in mice proposing that leptin may be mediating this effect. This regulation, however, may not extend to humans, where a yet-to-be-identified factor is likely the underlying cause of hypertension.

SUBMITTER: Brown RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262432 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature