Evidence mapPaperPMID 33150398Full record

ReviewEndocrine reviews2021

Tissue-Specific Effects of Leptin on Glucose and Lipid Metabolism.

Sandra Pereira, Daemon L Cline, Maria M Glavas, Scott D Covey, Timothy J Kieffer

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Endocrine reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
124citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Advances in research on thermogenic substances.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2026
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Research Progress on Leptin in Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Fatty Liver Disease.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2025
    Review

64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandra PereiraDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Daemon L ClineDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Maria M GlavasDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Scott D CoveyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Timothy J KiefferDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of leptin was intrinsically associated with its ability to regulate body weight. However, the effects of leptin are more far-reaching and include profound glucose-lowering and anti-lipogenic effects, independent of leptin's regulation of body weight. Regulation of glucose metabolism by leptin is mediated both centrally and via peripheral tissues and is influenced by the activation status of insulin signaling pathways. Ectopic fat accumulation is diminished by both central and peripheral leptin, an effect that is beneficial in obesity-associated disorders. The magnitude of leptin action depends upon the tissue, sex, and context being examined. Peripheral tissues that are of particular relevance include the endocrine pancreas, liver, skeletal muscle, adipose tissues, immune cells, and the cardiovascular system. As a result of its potent metabolic activity, leptin is used to control hyperglycemia in patients with lipodystrophy and is being explored as an adjunct to insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes. To fully understand the role of leptin in physiology and to maximize its therapeutic potential, the mechanisms of leptin action in these tissues needs to be further explored.

Indexed as

AnimalsBody WeightGlucoseHumansInsulinLeptinLipid MetabolismOrgan SpecificityGlucoseInsulinLeptinglucoseleptinlipid

Identifiers

PMID33150398
PMCPMC7846142
OpenAlexW3095463812

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.