Leptin ameliorates the immunity, but not reproduction, trade-off with endurance in lizards…

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“We found that supplementary leptin rescued immune function in calorie-restricted, trained lizards, but reproduction was not rescued in males or females. This suggests that immune function and reproduction have different sensitivities to leptin in both sexes, or that reproduction is more energy limited and takes low priority even when the signal of energy availability is present.”…
https://www.researchgate.net/public...roduction_trade-off_with_endurance_in_lizards