The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Leptin across different species:

leptin (LEP), leptin (Lep)

Other aliases include:

OB, OBS, FLJ94114, ob, obese

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Leptin:

leptin – obesity factor – obese, mouse, homolog of – leptin (murine obesity homolog) – leptin (obesity homolog, mouse) – Obesity (murine homolog, leptin)

Leptin fulfills a number of functions:

growth factor activity – hormone activity – protein binding – cytokine activity – peptide hormone receptor binding

Leptin is relevant to the following processes:

adult feeding behavior – bile acid metabolic process – central nervous system neuron development – cholesterol metabolic process – eating behavior – energy reserve metabolic process – glucose metabolic process – hormone metabolic process – lipid metabolic process – negative regulation of appetite – positive regulation of myeloid cell differentiation – regulation of gluconeogenesis – regulation of insulin secretion – regulation of intestinal cholesterol absorption – regulation of metabolic process – regulation of steroid biosynthetic process – response to dietary excess – response to insulin stimulus – signal transduction – insulin secretion – JAK-STAT cascade – cAMP-mediated signaling – fatty acid catabolic process – intracellular signaling cascade – leptin-mediated signaling pathway – negative regulation of metabolic process – ovulation from ovarian follicle – positive regulation of MAPKKK cascade

Locations for Leptin:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology