title: Leptin and liver disease: facts and presumptions.
abstract: Leptin is being recognized as a multifunctional cytokine with diverse actions on body weight, energy expenditure, glucose homeostasis, reproduction, hemopoiesis and wound repair. This commentary describes some evidences related with its possible role in liver diseases, particularly, in fat deposition, inflammation and fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, SIUT, Civil Hospital, Karachi. drarsid@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Arif Rasheed
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: Zaigham Ali
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Abbas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin