Journal
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
Volume 39, Issue 7, Pages 1176-1188Publisher
NATURE PUBL GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2018.40
Keywords
leptin; coronary heart disease; stroke; peripheral artery disease; carotid artery disease; chronic kidney disease; abdominal aortic aneurysms; obesity
Funding
- Amgen
- Angelini
- Astra Zeneca
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- MSD
- Novartis
- NovoNordisk
- Sanofi
- WinMedica
- AstraZeneca
- Libytec
- Abbott Vascular
- Daichi Sankyo
- Esperion
- Lilly
- Resverlogix
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Valeant
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Leptin, an adipokine that is implicated in the control of food intake via appetite suppression, may also stimulate oxidative stress, inflammation, thrombosis, arterial stiffness, angiogenesis and atherogenesis. These leptin-induced effects may predispose to the development of cardiovascular diseases. In the present review we discuss the evidence linking leptin levels with the presence, severity and/or prognosis of both coronary artery disease and non-cardiac vascular diseases such as stroke, carotid artery disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) as well as with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Leptin levels have been positively associated with the presence, severity, extent and lesion complexity of coronary atherosclerosis as well as with the presence, severity and poor clinical outcomes of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. But conflicting results also exist. Furthermore, leptin was reported to independently predict common carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque instability. A link between hyperleptinemia and PAD has been reported, whereas limited data were available on the potential association between leptin and AAA. Elevated leptin concentrations have also been related to CKD incidence and progression as well as with insulin resistance, T2DM, micro- and macrovascular diabetic complications. Statins and antidiabetic drugs (including sitagliptin, metformin, pioglitazone, liraglutide and empagliflozin) may affect leptin levels. Further research is needed to establish the potential use (if any) of leptin as a therapeutic target in these diseases.
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