- ►ahajournals.org M Kumada, S Kihara, S Sumitsuji, T Kawamoto … - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— The consecutive 225 male patients were enrolled from
inpatients who underwent coronary angiography. Voluntary blood donors (n=225)
matched for age served as controls. Plasma adiponectin levels in the CAD ... Cited by 665 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►endojournals.org T Kadowaki, T Yamauchi - Endocrine Reviews, 2005 - Endocrine Soc Recently, we have cloned adiponectin receptors in the skeletal muscle (AdipoR1)
and liver (AdipoR2), which appear to comprise a novel cell-surface receptor
family. We showed that AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 serve as receptors for globular ... Cited by 619 - Related articles - All 8 versions
M Cnop, PJ Havel, KM Utzschneider, DB Carr, … - Diabetologia, 2003 - Springer Aims/hypothesis. Increased intra-abdominal fat is as- sociated with insulin
resistance and an atherogenic li- poprotein profile. Circulating concentrations
of adip- onectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, are decreased with insulin ... Cited by 523 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►eje-online.org [PDF] JJ Diez, P Iglesias - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2003 - EFES Adiponectin, also called GBP-28, apM1, AdipoQ and Acrp30, is a novel adipose
tissue-specific protein that has structural homology to collagen VIII and X and
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- ►nih.gov T Kadowaki, T Yamauchi, N Kubota, K Hara, K … - Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2006 - Am Soc Clin Investig Adiponectin is an adipokine that is specifically and abundantly expressed in
adipose tissue and directly sensitizes the body to insulin. Hypoadiponectinemia,
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- ►diabetesjournals.org M Chandran, SA Phillips, T Ciaraldi, RR … - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc Recent research has shown that adipose tissue is not simply an inert storage
depot for lipids but is also an important endocrine organ that plays a key role
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M Fasshauer, R Paschke - Diabetologia, 2003 - Springer It has long been known that obesity and insulin resis- tance are linked.
Recently, it has been shown that adi- pocytes secrete several proteins including
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- ►endojournals.org MC Carr - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2003 - Endocrine Soc Women with the metabolic syndrome (central obesity, insulin resistance, and
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complexes, and the ratios between them are critical in determining insulin
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