Role of leptin in neoplastic and biliary tree disease
Background/Aim: Leptin is a small hormone of protein nature, it is strongly involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism and its functioning mechanism is not yet well
known or whether or not it is actually secreted by cholangiocytes, nor if the biliary tree expresses its receptors.
In the past, various studies have tried to correlate leptin levels with certain neoplasms. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that serum leptin values can become a new
sensitive and specific serum marker for cholangiocarcinoma.