Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue

Yiying Zhang, Ricardo Proenca, Margherita Maffei, +3

Nature

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeKnockout MouseDevelopmental BiologyGenetics +8

Weight-Reducing Effects of the Plasma Protein Encoded by the <i>obese</i> Gene

Jeffrey L. Halaas, K.S. Gajiwala, Margherita Maffei, +6

Science

Leptin levels in human and rodent: Measurement of plasma leptin and ob RNA in obese and weight-reduced subjects

Margherita Maffei, Jeffrey L. Halaas, Éric Ravussin, +9

Nature Medicine

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeEnergy HomeostasisPhysiologyPlasma Leptin +9

Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue

Yiying Zhang, Ricardo Proenca, Margherita Maffei, +3

Nature

ObesityMetabolic SyndromeKnockout MouseDevelopmental BiologyGenetics +8

Increased expression in adipocytes of ob RNA in mice with lesions of the hypothalamus and with mutations at the db locus.

Margherita Maffei, Haotian Fei, Gilho Lee, +7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ob RnaInsulin SignalingObesityMetabolic SyndromeBody Composition +14

The human obese (OB) gene: RNA expression pattern and mapping on the physical, cytogenetic, and genetic maps of chromosome 7.

E D Green, Margherita Maffei, Valerie V. Braden, +7

Genome Research

Metabolic DisorderGeneticsGenomic MechanismOb RnaGene Characterization +18

Relatively low plasma leptin concentrations precede weight gain in Pima Indians

Éric Ravussin, Richard E. Pratley, Margherita Maffei, +4

Nature Medicine

Animal PhysiologyNutritionMetabolic SyndromeObesityBody Composition +9

Absence of Mutations in the Human <i>OB</i> Gene in Obese/Diabetic Subjects

Margherita Maffei, Markus Stoffel, Marisa Barone, +9

Diabetes

Metabolic DisorderGeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyHuman PolymorphismMolecular Biology +18

Characterization of the long pentraxin PTX3 as a TNFα-induced secreted protein of adipose cells

Anissa Abderrahim-Ferkoune, Olivier Bézy, Chiara Chiellini, +8

Journal of Lipid Research

Serum Haptoglobin: A Novel Marker of Adiposity in Humans

Chiara Chiellini, Ferruccio Santini, Alessandro Marsili, +13

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism