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Avian Leptin: Bird’s-Eye View of the Evolution of Vertebrate Energy-Balance Control by Miriam Friedman-Einat; Eyal Seroussi is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Avian Leptin: Bird’s-Eye View of the Evolution of Vertebrate Energy-Balance Control about?
Discovery of the satiety hormone leptin in 1994 and its characterization in mammals provided a key tool to deciphering the complex mechanism governing adipose tissue regulation of appetite and energy expenditure. Surprisingly, despite the perfectly logical notion of an energy-storing tissue announcing the amount of fat stores using leptin signaling, alternate mechanisms were chosen in bird evolution. This conclusion emerged based on the recent discovery and characterization of genuine avian leptin - after it had been assumed missing by some, and erroneously identified by others. Critical evaluation of the past and present indications of the role of leptin in Aves provides a new perspective on the evolution of energy-balance control in vertebrates; proposing a regulation strategy alternative to the adipostat mechanism.
Who reads Avian Leptin: Bird’s-Eye View of the Evolution of Vertebrate Energy-Balance Control?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Miriam Friedman-Einat; Eyal Seroussi
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)