title: Effect of altitude on leptin levels, does it go up or down?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Justo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sierra-Johnson
authors.forename: Abel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero-Corral
authors.forename: Virend K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Somers
authors.forename: Bruce D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D020738:Leptin