- ►ahajournals.org MP Reilly, M Lehrke, ML Wolfe, A Rohatgi, … - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— We examined whether plasma resistin levels were
associated with metabolic and inflammatory markers, as well as with coronary
artery calcification (CAC), a quantitative index of atherosclerosis, in 879 ... Cited by 363 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►sciencesignaling.org MA Lazar - Science, 2005 - sciencemag.org The epidemic of obesity-associated diabetes is a major crisis in modern
societies, in which food is plentiful and exercise is optional. The biological
basis of this problem has been explored from evolutionary and mechanistic ... Cited by 210 - Related articles - All 12 versions
A Koerner, J Kratzsch, W Kiess - Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2005 - Elsevier With the growing prevalence of obesity, scientific interest in the biology of
adipose tissue has been extended to the secretory products of adipocytes, since
they are increasingly shown to affect several aspects in the pathogenesis ... Cited by 134 - Related articles - All 12 versions
- ►nih.gov CM Steppan, J Wang, EL Whiteman, MJ … - Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol Resistin is an adipocyte hormone that modulates glucose homeostasis. Here we
show that in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, resistin attenuates multiple effects of insulin,
including insulin receptor (IR) phosphorylation, IR substrate 1 (IRS-1) ... Cited by 112 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►endojournals.org ME Trujillo, PE Scherer - Endocrine reviews, 2006 - Endocrine Soc The endocrine functions of the adipose organ are widely studied at this stage.
The adipose organ, and in particular adipocytes, communicate with almost all
other organs. Although some adipose tissue pads assume the functions as ... Cited by 115 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►pasteur.ac.ir [PDF] RE Gimeno, LD Klaman - Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2005 - Elsevier Starting with the discovery of leptin as an adipocyte-derived satiety factor,
adipose tissue is increasingly being recognized as an endocrine organ. A growing
number of adipocyte-derived factors have been described and their ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Axelsson, A Bergsten, AR Qureshi, O … - Kidney international, 2006 - nature.com In the present study, we explore the role of decreased renal function and a
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RS Ahima - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2005 - Elsevier Adipose tissue secretes a variety of proteins with important roles in
metabolism, reproduction, immunity and cardiovascular function. The endocrine
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- ►reproduction-online.org M Mitchell, DT Armstrong, RL Robker, RJ … - Reproduction, 2005 - Soc Reprod Fertility Obesity is associated with a diverse set of metabolic disorders, and has
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