However, the expression of leptin/leptin receptor in bronchial epithelial cells is significantly reduced in patients with mild uncontrolled asthma and severe treated asthma versus patients with mild controlled treated asthma and healthy volunteers, while leptin and leptin receptor expression are inversely correlated with reticular basement membrane thickness suggesting that leptin/leptin receptor expression may be associated with the airway remodeling observed in asthma, implicating the adipokine in the homeostasis of lung tissue [9]. The gene discussed is LEPR; the disease is asthma.