INSÄNT AV Md. Shahidul Islam, M.D., Ph.D. DEN 06 :e NOVEMBER, 1998 vid 16 - tiden
SVENSKA LÄKARESÄLLSKAPETs Riksstämman, Göteborg den 24 - 26 november.
Se vidare information: http://www.swedemedsoc.se/Leptin seems to exert a trophic effect on pancreatic islet cells during their intrauterine period of development.
We found that rat fetal pancreatic islet cells express leptin receptors that can activate these cells. Leptin induces
proliferation of these cells. These observation may have far-reaching implications. Thus, children born to "modern"
very lean mothers are likely to be born with a smaller islet cell mass, which may predispose them to type 2 diabets in a
affluent society. Apparently, leptin signals mothers nutritional status to the fetus and programs fetus as to what to
anticipate about abundance of food on birth.
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