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Leptin: History, Geography & Applications

Leptin (from Greek λεπτός leptos, "thin" or "light" or "small"), also known as obese protein, is a protein hormone predominantly made by adipocytes (cells of adipose tissue). Its primary role is likely to regulate long-term energy balance.

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Leptin topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Geography and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Leptin.

Related topics
168
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
177
Extracted relationships
285
Related term clusters
42
Bridge connections
177

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Effects · 53 topics
Overview · 46 topics
History · 15 topics
Role in disease · 13 topics
Sites of synthesis · 12 topics
Mutations · 10 topics
Blood levels · 9 topics
Therapeutic use · 9 topics
Location of gene and structure of hormone · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
LEP, LEPD, OB, OBS, leptin
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1AX8
Band
7q32.1 · 6 A3.3|6 12.3 cM
Bgee
skin of hip · buccal mucosa cell · subcutaneous adipose tissue · lactiferous gland · lactiferous duct
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 7 (human) · Chromosome 6 (mouse)

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Overview

Effects

Location of gene and structure of hormone

Mutations

Sites of synthesis

Blood levels

Role in disease

Therapeutic use

History

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Leptin connects Entity context

The extracted context around Leptin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Leptin → activation of protein kinase C activity, adipose tissue development, adult feeding behavior, angiogenesis, aorta development, bile acid metabolic process, bone growth, bone mineralization involved in bone maturation, cardiac muscle hypertrophy, cellular response to L-ascorbic acid, cellular response to leptin stimulus, cellular response to retinoic acid, central nervous system neuron development, cholesterol metabolic process, circadian rhythm, cytoplasm, determination of adult lifespan, eating behavior, elastin metabolic process, energy reserve metabolic process Another extracted example is Leptin → BBVA Foundation Frontiers, Coleman, Dieting, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Ellen Ruppel Shell's, Fat, Fighting, Friedman, Friedman's, Gairdner Foundation International Award, Gina Kolata, King Faisal International Prize, Knowledge Award, Lasker Award, Leibel, Myths, Obesity Epidemic, Realities, Rethinking Thin, Robert Pool. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Leptin

Top relations

Gene ontology · 114
Leptin → activation of protein kinase C activity, adipose tissue development, adult feeding behavior, angiogenesis, aorta development, bile acid metabolic process, bone growth, bone mineralization involved in bone maturation, cardiac muscle hypertrophy, cellular response to L-ascorbic acid, cellular response to leptin stimulus, cellular response to retinoic acid, central nervous system neuron development, cholesterol metabolic process, circadian rhythm, cytoplasm, determination of adult lifespan, eating behavior, elastin metabolic process, energy reserve metabolic process
related to Recognition of scientific advances · 24
Leptin → BBVA Foundation Frontiers, Coleman, Dieting, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Ellen Ruppel Shell's, Fat, Fighting, Friedman, Friedman's, Gairdner Foundation International Award, Gina Kolata, King Faisal International Prize, Knowledge Award, Lasker Award, Leibel, Myths, Obesity Epidemic, Realities, Rethinking Thin, Robert Pool
Bgee · 18
Leptin → abdominal fat, ankle, brown adipose tissue, buccal mucosa cell, embryo, Ileal epithelium, intercostal muscle, lactiferous duct, lactiferous gland, muscle of thigh, parotid gland, pericardium, placenta, skin of hip, subcutaneous adipose tissue, synovial joint, tunica adventitia of aorta, white adipose tissue
RNA expression pattern · 18
Leptin → abdominal fat, ankle, brown adipose tissue, buccal mucosa cell, embryo, Ileal epithelium, intercostal muscle, lactiferous duct, lactiferous gland, muscle of thigh, parotid gland, pericardium, placenta, skin of hip, subcutaneous adipose tissue, synovial joint, tunica adventitia of aorta, white adipose tissue
related to Analog metreleptin · 15
Leptin → April, Barraquer-Simons, Berardinelli-Seip, EMA, England, Europe, February, In Europe, Japan, Lawrence, Myalept, Myalepta, The National Health Service, United States, US
related to Polymorphisms · 11
Leptin → A19G, C161T, HuGE, Human Genome Equivalent, K109R, K656N, LEP-2548 G/A, P12A, PPARG, Q223R, Taiwanese
related to Obesity · 6
Leptin → Although, BBB, CSF, Since, Studies, Triglycerides
related to Immune system · 5
Leptin → Circulating, Elevated, Factors, HPA, IL-6
is a · 4
Leptin → 16-kDa protein of 167 amino acids, hypothalamus, pro-angiogenic, regulation of adipose tissue mass through central hypothalamus mediated effects on hunger
related to Location of gene and structure of hormone · 4
Leptin → Human, Lep, Ob, The Ob

Important terminology

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Important terminology

levels obesity gene fat obese also energy weight receptors receptor hypothalamus bone blood body brain hormone insulin resistance high role

Leptin relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 285 structured relationships around Leptin. Examples in this analysis include Leptin → Aliases → LEP, LEPD, OB, OBS, leptin and Leptin → Available structures → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1AX8. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LeptinAliasesLEP, LEPD, OB, OBS, leptin1.00infobox
LeptinAvailable structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1AX81.00infobox
LeptinBand7q32.11.00infobox
LeptinBand6 A3.3|6 12.3 cM1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeskin of hip1.00infobox
LeptinBgeebuccal mucosa cell1.00infobox
LeptinBgeesubcutaneous adipose tissue1.00infobox
LeptinBgeelactiferous gland1.00infobox
LeptinBgeelactiferous duct1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeabdominal fat1.00infobox
LeptinBgeepericardium1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeplacenta1.00infobox
LeptinBgeesynovial joint1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeparotid gland1.00infobox
LeptinBgeewhite adipose tissue1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeIleal epithelium1.00infobox
LeptinBgeebrown adipose tissue1.00infobox
LeptinBgeemuscle of thigh1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeembryo1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeankle1.00infobox
LeptinBgeetunica adventitia of aorta1.00infobox
LeptinBgeeintercostal muscle1.00infobox
LeptinBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
LeptinChr.Chromosome 7 (human)1.00infobox
LeptinChr.Chromosome 6 (mouse)1.00infobox
LeptinDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
LeptinEnd128,257,629 bp1.00infobox
LeptinEnd29,073,876 bp1.00infobox
LeptinEnsemblENSG000001746971.00infobox
LeptinEntrez39521.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Leptin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Levels, Obese and Receptor. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Leptin
    • Levels
    • Obese
    • Receptor
    • Fat
    • Gene
    • Brain
    • Blood
    • Weight
    • Resistance
    • Receptors
    • Obesity
    • Hypothalamus
  • leptin
    • Levels
    • Obese
    • Receptor
    • Fat
    • Gene
    • Brain
    • Blood
    • Weight
    • Resistance
    • Receptors
    • Obesity
    • Hypothalamus
  • hormone
    • Central
    • Blood
    • Adipose
    • Cells
    • Human
    • Tissue
    • Gene
    • Hypothalamus
    • Bone
    • Energy
    • Receptor
    • Fat
  • adipose tissue
    • Tissue
    • Cells
    • Joint
    • Energy
    • Central
    • Associated
    • Hormone
    • Treatment
    • Also
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Bone
    • Cell
  • energy homeostasis
    • Intake
    • Levels
    • Insulin
    • Tissue
    • High
    • Fat
    • May
    • Bone
    • Hormone
    • Role
    • Leptin
    • Receptor
  • gene
    • Receptor
    • Human
    • Weight
    • Blood
    • Obesity
    • Leptin
    • Humans
    • Loss
    • Hormone
    • Mice
    • Fat
    • Central
  • cell receptor
    • Receptors
    • Cells
    • Role
    • Blood
    • Mice
    • Fat
    • Humans
    • Response
    • Resistance
    • Central
    • Human
    • Insulin
  • leptin receptor
    • Levels
    • Obese
    • Receptor
    • Fat
    • Mice
    • Gene
    • Brain
    • Blood
    • Weight
    • Resistance
    • Receptors
    • Obesity

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Leptin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Leptin with Effects. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Leptin — Effects · splits 124 ⟂ 54
Leptin — Overview · splits 131 ⟂ 47
Leptin — History · splits 162 ⟂ 16
Leptin — Role in disease · splits 164 ⟂ 14
Leptin — Sites of synthesis · splits 165 ⟂ 13
Leptin — Mutations · splits 167 ⟂ 11
Leptin — Blood levels · splits 168 ⟂ 10
Leptin — Therapeutic use · splits 168 ⟂ 10

Map overview Semantic statistics

Leptin

Nodes178
Edges177
Triples285
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011236
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Leptin to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Geography & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Leptin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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