Intrauterine Malnutrition Reduced Long Leptin Receptor Isoform Expression and Proinflammatory Cytokine Production in Male Rat Pulmonary Endothelial Cells Stimulated by Lipopolysaccharide

• Main Authors: Aleksandro M. Balbino (Author), Marina M. Silva (Author), Gabriela A. Azevedo (Author), Noemi L. Gil (Author), Renaide R. Ferreira (Author), Leila A. dos Santos (Author), Rebéca M. Gasparin (Author), Liliam Fernandes (Author), Maristella A. Landgraf (Author), Richardt G. Landgraf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims. We have previously shown that low birth weight (LBW) rats exposed to intrauterine malnutrition have an impaired lung inflammatory response and reduced levels of inflammatory mediators; however, circulating leptin levels were not increased. We evaluated long leptin receptor isoform (...