Continuously rising trends in obesity-related malignancies render this disease spectrum a
public health priority. Worldwide, the burden of cancer attributable to obesity, expressed as …

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the discovery of leptin, which has tremendously
stimulated translational obesity research. The discovery of leptin has led to realizations that …

Improving physical function and mobility in a continuously expanding elderly population
emerges as a high priority of medicine today. Muscle mass, strength/power, and maximal …

Almost 20 years have passed since the first laboratory evidence emerged that an abundant
message encoding a protein with homology to the C1q superfamily is highly specifically …

Leptin is an adipocyte-secreted hormone that has been proposed to regulate energy
homeostasis as well as metabolic, reproductive, neuroendocrine, and immune functions. In …

Long COVID (LC) encompasses a constellation of long-term symptoms experienced by at
least 10% of people after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, and so far it has affected about 65 …

Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity and psoriasis represent chronic inflammatory states that
are interconnected in a vicious cycle, sharing also a degree of synergy. In this review, we …

The ever-increasing burden of obesity demands a better pathophysiological understanding,
especially regarding adipose tissue pathophysiology. Animal models of obesity are of great …

Urologic cancers (UC) account for 13.1% of all new cancer cases and 7.9% of all cancer-
related deaths. A growing body of evidence has indicated a potential causal link between …

Abstract Purpose of Review To examine the epidemiological data on obesity and leukemia;
evaluate the effect of obesity on leukemia outcomes in childhood acute lymphoblastic …