title: Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B: a potential leptin resistance factor of obesity.
abstract: Indirect evidence implicates leptin resistance in the pathogenesis of the lipotoxicity that complicates obesity and results in the metabolic syndrome. In this issue of Developmental Cell, two groups identify protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) as a cause of leptin resistance through dephosphorylation of Jak2.
authors.affiliation: Gifford Laboratories, Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Unger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin; C516607:PTPN1 protein, human; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases