Leptin and Obesity

Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue

Yiying Zhang, Ricardo Proenca, Margherita Maffei et al. · Nature · 1994 · 13.4K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +12

Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

D. S. Akram, Arne Astrup, Tola Atinmo et al. · Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) · 2000 · 13K citations

Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Public Health Nutrition +12

Serum Immunoreactive-Leptin Concentrations in Normal-Weight and Obese Humans

Robert V. Considine, Madhur K. Sinha, Mark L. Heiman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 6.3K citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Nutritional Sciences +7

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

Jeffrey L. Halaas, K.S. Gajiwala, Margherita Maffei et al. · Science · 1995 · 4.5K citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Nutritional Sciences +17

Effects of the <i>obese</i> Gene Product on Body Weight Regulation in <i>ob</i> / <i>ob</i> Mice

Mary Ann Pelleymounter, Mary Jane Cullen, Mary Baker et al. · Science · 1995 · 4K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17