1Barba G, Russo O, Siani A, Iacone R, Farinaro E, Gerardi MC, Russo P, Della Valle E,Strazzullo P. Plasma leptin and blood pressure in men : graded association independent of body mass and fat pattern. Obes Res. 2003 Jan ; 11 ( 1 ) : 160 - 6.
2Singhal A, Farooqi IS, Cole TJ, ORahilly S, Fewtrell M, Kattenhorn M, Lucas A, Deanfield J.Influence of leptin on arterial distensibility: a novel link between obesity and cardiovascular disease? Circulation. 2002 Oct S; 106 (15): 1919-24.
3Cooke JP, Oka RK. Does leptin cause vascular disease? Circulation. 2002 Oct 8 ; 106 ( 15 ) :1904 -5.
4Yamagishi SI, Edelstein D, Du XL, Kaneda Y, Guzman M, Brownlee M. Leptin induces mitochondrial superoxide production and monocyte chemoattractant protein - 1 expression in aortic endothelial cells by increasing fatty acid oxidation via protein kinase A. J Biol Chem. 2001 Jul 6 ; 276 (27) :25096 - 100.
6Xu FP, Chen MS, Wang YZ, Yi Q, Lin SB, Chen/iF, Luo JD. Leptin induces hypertrophy via endothelin- 1 -reactive oxygen species pathway in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Circulation.2004Sep7; 110 (10): 1269-75.
