title: Leptin is a growth factor in cancer.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University, Department of Surgery, PO Box 9238, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
authors.forename: Ponnandai
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Somasundar
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: Stanley M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hileman
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vona-Davis
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000378:metabolism; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D020738:Leptin