Thiago RD Pereira

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus
article 2016
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Leptin, the product of the ob/ob gene [1] is an adipocyte-derived protein that regulates food intake and energy ex-penditure. Accumulating evidence shows that it is also a crucial factor in the endocrine regulation of several physiologic pr…

article 2014
Increased expression of the leptin receptor in human ovaries affected by endometrioma and detection of high levels of leptin in the ovarian endometriomal fluid
Journal of ovarian research ·doi:10.1186/1757-2215-7-2

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to investigate leptin levels in the fluid in ovarian endometriomas (OEs) and to compare the expression of leptin and its receptors (OBR) in ovarian tissue affected by endometrioma in infertile women to it…