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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2009 May 26;5(7):365–372. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2009.102

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Central leptin signaling via hypothalamic leptin receptors (LEPR) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) to osteoblast b-adrenergic (Ob b-adr) receptors decreases trabecular bone volume (BV/TV). Peripheral leptin reportedly increases cortical bone growth and bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) differentiation to osteoblast (Ob) vs. adipocyte (Adip) lineage.