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Oct 2026
Orexin deficiency and cardiometabolic risk in narcolepsy: mechanistic pathways and therapeutic implications
Four overlapping mechanisms through which orexin deficiency drives cardiometabolic risk are examined, including the autoimmune inflammatory process, which may contribute to systemic metabolic inflammation, though the extent of ongoing inflammation after neuronal loss remains uncertain.
Anant Shukla, J. Geer, B. Nokes et al.
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