Gene Information

Gene symbol: LEPR

Gene name: leptin receptor

HGNC ID: 6554

Synonyms: OBR, CD295

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 IL12A 1 hits
2 IL2 1 hits
3 IL27RA 1 hits
4 LEP 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 10705294 Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone, that belongs structurally to the long-chain helical cytokine family such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-12 (IL-12), growth hormone (GH), and signals by a class I cytokine receptor (Ob-R).
2 10705294 Leptin differentially affects the in vitro proliferation and cytokine production by naive and memory T cells, increasing IL-2 secretion and proliferation of naive T cells, while inducing IFN-g production in memory T cells with little effect on their proliferation.