Muscles with more slow-twitch fibers (used for endurance) tend to have stronger leptin signaling during extreme dieting, suggesting these fibers are better at switching to fat-burning mode.
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Severe energy deficit upregulates leptin receptors, leptin signaling, and PTP1B in human skeletal muscle.
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