• Accuracy of leptin serum level in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a case-control study 

      Parmentier-Decrucq, E.; Nseir, S.; Makris, D.; Desrousseaux, B.; Soudan, B.; Favory, R.; Mathieu, D. (2014)
      Background. Undernutrition causes a reduction of body-fat mass and a decrease in the circulating concentration of leptin which impairs the production of proinflammatory cytokines and increases the incidence of infectious ...
    • The role of leptin in the respiratory system: an overview 

      Malli, F.; Papaioannou, A. I.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Daniil, Z. (2010)
      Since its cloning in 1994, leptin has emerged in the literature as a pleiotropic hormone whose actions extend from immune system homeostasis to reproduction and angiogenesis. Recent investigations have identified the lung ...