The Department of Pathological Analyses at the Faculty of science at the University of Basra organized a discussion of the master thesis tagged " the relationship between leptin and Abilene with albumin, total protein and C-reactive protein in hypertensive patients."  
The discussion aimed at the possibility of using leptin, Aplin, and albumin for the follow-up of hypertensive patients. 

 The discussion, in which graduate student Zahra Ahmed Metaib was present, included the measurement of new parameters considered to be regulated hormones, namely, Aplin, leptin, and their relationship with proteins in the blood, such as albumin, globulin, total protein, and C-reactive protein in patients with hypertension.