Superactive human leptin antagonist (SHLA), triple Lan1 and quadruple Lan2 leptin mutein as a promising treatment for human folliculoma.
- Authors:
- E Fiedor,
- E L Gregoraszczuk
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2017 Oct 31;80(4):815-827. Epub 2017 Aug 31.
Department of Physiology and Toxicology of Reproduction, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
Purpose: There are no data showing a direct correlation between obesity and increased blood leptin levels with folliculoma. Moreover, folliculoma is not the best studied among other ovarian cancer types. We investigated whether oestradiol can modulate ObR expression in some oestrogen-responsive tissues and that leptin exerts its activity not only via the leptin receptor but also through cross talk with other signalling systems. Read More