Fat Hormone Tied to MS: Blocking the hormone leptin may help slow MS: "Blocking the hormone leptin may help prevent or slow multiple sclerosis (MS).

The report comes from Italian researchers and appears in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. The Italian study didn't include any people. Instead, the scientists studied female mice with an MS-like disease. Leptin is a hormone that's mostly made by fatty tissue of the body. Commonly associated with obesity, leptin plays a role in regulating weight and appetite. Leptin also affects the immune system and has been associated with MS-like lesions in mice. That's what interested the Italian researchers, who included Giuseppe Matarese, MD, PhD."