Session Information
2011 Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting
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Leptin Resistance: What is it?
Track
:
Track 1 — Metabolism and Integrative Physiology
Program Code:
103
Date:
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Time:
10:15 AM to 11:45 AM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Barry Levin, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Martin Myers, University of Michigan
Rudy Leibel, Columbia University
Description
Learning Objectives:
- Define the various usages of "leptin resistance" and when it is appropriate to use the term.
- Define mechanisms that decrease responsiveness to leptin in states of obesity.
- Define the unique proteins that affect the trafficking of the leptin receptor to the cell surface and alter leptin sensitivity
- Discuss methods by which manipulation of the neonatal and adult environment can increase leptin sensitivity by increasing cell surface expression of the receptor.
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