The discovery and anti-obesity effects of the ob gene product leptin were the subject of a Highlight in December 1995. Since then, some novel data have accumulated bearing on the regulation of secretion as well as the potential mode of action of this adipocyte-derived factor involved in reducing food intake and increasing energy expenditure.
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Christoph A. Meier (1996) studied this question.