JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, cilt.18, sa.10, ss.929-934, 2005 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Background: It has been reported that there is a relationship between circulating leptin and sex steroid hormones and leptin is able to stimulate estrogen secretion by increasing aromatase activity in adipose stromal cells and breast tissue. Leptin receptors have been also shown in mammary epithelial cells and it has been suggested that leptin is involved in the control of the proliferation of both normal and malignant breast cells.