Leptin receptor also known as LEP-R is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LEPR gene. LEP-R functions as a receptor for the fat cell-specific hormone leptin. LEP-R has also been designated as CD295 (cluster of differentiation 295). After co-discovering the Leptin gene with Jeffrey Friedman et al. in 1994, which involved a reverse genetic/po...
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Receptor for leptin. G-protein coupled, highly expressed in the hypothalamus, the site of appetite regulation in the brain; downstream regulates a K+ ATP channel similar to that involved in regulation of insulin release (see SUR).
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