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Leptin is essential in maintaining normal vascular compliance independent of body weight

Gautam Sikka, Runrun Yang, Shari Reid, Alexandre Benjo, Norimichi Koitabashi, Andre Camara, Ezra Baraban, Christopher P. O’Donnell, Dan E. Berkowitz, Lili A. Barouch

International Journal of Obesity · 2009 · 25 citations · 7 references

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Biological Action of Leptin as an Angiogenic Factor

M. Rocı́o Sierra-Honigmann, Anjali K. Nath, Chiaki Murakami et al. · Science · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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Measurement of cardiac function using pressure–volume conductance catheter technique in mice and rats

Pál Pacher, Takahiro Nagayama, Partha Mukhopadhyay et al. · Nature Protocols · 2008 · 723 citations · Full text

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Influence of Leptin on Arterial Distensibility

Atul Singhal, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Tim Cole et al. · Circulation · 2002 · 367 citations

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Leptin stimulates rat aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration.

Akihiko Oda, Takahiro Taniguchi, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama · PubMed · 2001 · 243 citations · Full text

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Reduction of obesity, as induced by leptin, reverses endothelial dysfunction in obese (<i>Lep<sup>ob</sup> </i>) mice

Bradford D. Winters, Zhiping Mo, Esther M. Brooks-Asplund et al. · Journal of Applied Physiology · 2000 · 128 citations

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