Effects of leptin on reproduction
- VernacularTitle:瘦素对生殖调节的研究进展
- Author:
Yusheng ZHENG
;
Weijie ZHU
;
Qixuan XIE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
2001;17(3):277-280
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Obese gene was cloned and its protein product which named leptin was found to be expressed specially in fat tissues in 1994. As a metabolic signal of reproductive system, leptin reflects the situations of nutrition and energy, which the body supplys to the brain, and stimulates reproductive endocrinology system, then regulates the functions of reproduction through hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. The present status of leptin in this field was reviewed.
