Leptin and its role in endometriosis

We’ve heard about leptin and its role in weight gain/loss, but did you know leptin does more than that? “Subsequent work has confirmed that leptin has a pleiotrophic role on the immune response and can rightly be considered, both structurally and functionally, as a proinflammatory cytokine (Lord, 2006, p. 151).” ( Note: Pleiotrophic means one gene that influence many, so leptin can influence lots...

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