Διερεύνηση της σχέσης επιπέδων λεπτίνης και επιπέδων προ- και αντι-φλεγμονωδών κυτταροκινών σε νεογνά με σκοπό την αναζήτηση πιθανής συμβολής αυξημένων επιπέδων λεπτίνης στην παθογένεια αυτοάνοσων νοσημάτων

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Η λεπτίνη παράγεται από τα κύτταρα του λιπώδους ιστού, καθώς και από άλλους ιστούς συμπεριλαμβανομένων του πλακούντος και ρυθμίζει τη πρόσληψη

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Leptin is a hormone synthesized by adipocytes and other tissues, including the placenta, and it regulates food intake and energy expenditure, reproductive and immune functions. To investigate the role of leptin in neonatal immunity, we measured serum leptin and cytokine (INF-γ, TNF-α, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12) levels in cord blood (cb) of 481 healthy neonates, born to healthy mothers, of which 317 were appropriately grown for gestational age (AGA) and 164 were large for gestational age (LGA). The median serum leptin concentration in the whole sample was 11.6 ng/ml. In 12% AGA neonates, leptin levels were well above average, with a median of 34 ng/ml. In 33% of these neonates (4% of the total sample) leptin levels ranged between 37.5-204 ng/ml; in this group, significantly elevated levels of serum IFN-0 were also found (mean 27.11 pg/ml, range 17.5-38.5 pg/ml). We then investigated whether leptin can independently influence cytokine gene expression by cb T-cells and monocytes (Me). Cul ...