Mastronardi, ClaudioSrivastava, VinodYu, Wen H.Les Dees, W.McCann, Samuel M.2015-12-081021-7401http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31637Objective: Since α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) inhibits the synthesis and release of proinflammatory cytokines and stimulates the synthesis and release of anti-inflammatory cytokines, and leptin is a cytokine that has anti-inflammatory actionKeywords: alpha intermedin; leptin; lipopolysaccharide; messenger RNA; sodium chloride; animal experiment; article; blood sampling; controlled study; epididymis; male; nonhuman; priority journal; rat; Adipose Tissue; alpha-MSH; Animals; Bacterial Infections; Down-R Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone; Leptin mRNA; Lipopolysaccharide; Plasma leptin200510.1159/0000848512015-12-08