Models use leptin and calculus to count calories.

作者信息

Hall Kevin D, Heymsfield Steven B

机构信息

Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-5621, USA.

出版信息

Cell Metab. 2009 Jan 7;9(1):3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2008.12.006.

DOI:10.1016/j.cmet.2008.12.006

PMID:19117539

Abstract

Thermostats have "set-points" that engineers design with mathematical rigor. Work in this issue of Cell Metabolism (Tam et al., 2009) applies similar modeling strategies to explore the control of murine energy and body weight homeostasis by leptin.

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