Relationships among changes of serum leptin concentration, leptin mRNA expression in white adipose tissue (WAT), and WAT fat-cell size in female Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

Nakamura, Sachiko; OKANO, Tsukasa; Shibata, Haruki; Saito, Masayuki; Komatsu, Takeshi; Asano, Makoto; Sugiyama, Makoto; Tsubota, Toshio; Suzuki, Masatsugu

doi:10.1139/z08-080

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Relationships among changes of serum leptin concentration, leptin mRNA expression in white adipose tissue (WAT), and WAT fat-cell size in female Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus)

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Authors:

Sachiko Nakamura

Tsukasa OKANO

Haruki Shibata

Abstract

As a first step to study the relationship between fat accumulation and reproductive success in Japanese black bears ( Ursus thibetanus japonicus Schlegel, 1857) with the focus on leptin, we determined leptin cDNA sequences in the bears. Next, we studied the possibility of white adipose tissue (WAT) ...

Subject

Leptin

Biology

Internal medicine

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