Abstract Introduction Individuals with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) are unable to increase ventilation match increased CO2 production (VCO2). Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), defined by the closure of upper airway during sleep, is present in 90% OHS patients. Leptin, an adipocyte-produced hormone, acts leptin receptor (LEPRb) positive neurons and was implicated pathophysiology OSA OHS. ...

317 Correspondence to: Ho-Kyung Chun, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: 02-34103465, Fax: 02-3410-0040, E-mail: [email protected] Received March 10, 2010, Accepted August 24, 2010 This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KR...

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314 Correspondence to: Dong-Ik Kim, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: 02-3410-3467, Fax: 02-3410-0040, E-mail: dikim @skku.edu Received December 14, 2009, Accepted January 25, 2010 This article was presented in the 60th annual meeting of the Korean Surgic...

“The authors are grateful to Ms A. van Wigcheren and Dr. C.J. Jance for their protein localization data, Dr. O. Billker and Dr. J.C. Rayner for their reverse genetic information and Dr. O. Sheriff and Mr. D.W.J. Tay for the critical reading of the manuscript. This research is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council under its Cooperative Basic Research G...