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Leptin reverses insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in patients with severe lipodystrophy
Kitt Falk Petersen, … , Phillip Gorden, Gerald I. Shulman
Kitt Falk Petersen, … , Phillip Gorden, Gerald I. Shulman
Published May 15, 2002
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2002;109(10):1345-1350. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI15001.
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Article Endocrinology

Leptin reverses insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in patients with severe lipodystrophy

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Abstract

Lipodystrophy is a rare disorder that is characterized by selective loss of subcutaneous and visceral fat and is associated with hypertriglyceridemia, hepatomegaly, and disordered glucose metabolism. It has recently been shown that chronic leptin treatment ameliorates these abnormalities. Here we show that chronic leptin treatment improves insulin-stimulated hepatic and peripheral glucose metabolism in severely insulin-resistant lipodystrophic patients. This improvement in insulin action was associated with a marked reduction in hepatic and muscle triglyceride content. These data suggest that leptin may represent an important new therapy to reverse the severe hepatic and muscle insulin resistance and associated hepatic steatosis in patients with lipodystrophy.

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Kitt Falk Petersen, Elif Arioglu Oral, Sylvie Dufour, Douglas Befroy, Charlotte Ariyan, Chunli Yu, Gary W. Cline, Alex M. DePaoli, Simeon I. Taylor, Phillip Gorden, Gerald I. Shulman

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Basal rates of glucose production and percent suppression of hepatic glu...
Basal rates of glucose production and percent suppression of hepatic glucose production in subjects during hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp.
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