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Assessing Activity-based Anorexia in Mice
Published on: May 14, 2018
Adipocytokines, gut hormones and growth factors in anorexia nervosa
Irina Kowalska1, Monika Karczewska-Kupczewska, Marek Strączkowski
1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Białystok, Poland. irinak@poczta.onet.pl
Abstract:
Anorexia nervosa is a complex eating disorder of unknown etiology which affects adolescent girls and young women and leads to chronic malnutrition. Clinical manifestations of prolonged semistarvation include a variety of physical features and psychiatric disorders. The study of different biological factors involved in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa is an area of active interest. In this review we have described the role of adipocytokines, neurotrophins, peptides of the gastrointestinal system and growth factors in appetite regulation, energy balance and insulin sensitivity in anorexia nervosa patients.
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