B Antuna-Puente, B Feve, S Fellahi, JP Bastard - Diabetes and Metabolism, 2008 - Elsevier White adipose tissue was believed to be just an energy-storage organ, but it is now recognized
to be an active participant in energy homoeostasis and physiological functions such as immunity
and inflammation. Macrophages are components of adipose tissue and actively ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JR Revollo, AA Grimm, S Imai - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2007 - journals.lww.com Purpose of review: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a classic coenzyme in cellular
redox reactions. Recently, NAD biochemistry has also been implicated in a broader range of
biological functions in mammals, but the regulation of NAD biosynthesis has been poorly ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
KC Lewandowski, N Stojanovic, M Press, SM Tuck, K … - Diabetologia, 2007 - Springer Page 1. SHORT COMMUNICATION Elevated serum levels of visfatin in gestational diabetes:
a comparative study across various degrees of glucose tolerance KC Lewandowski & N.
Stojanovic & M. Press & SM Tuck & K. Szosland & M. Bienkiewicz & M. Vatish & ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►jleukbio.org T Luk, Z Malam, JC Marshall - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2008 - Soc Leukocyte Biology Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF), also known as visfatin, is a highly conserved,
52-kDa protein found in living species from bacteria to humans. Originally a curiosity identified
serendipitously in microarray studies but having no obvious functional importance, PBEF ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►endojournals.org A Korner, A Garten, M Bluher, R Tauscher, J … - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Results: Distinct preparations of human visfatin (recombinant, endogenously expressed from
human adipocytes, and overexpressed in COS-7 cells) were readily identified by three currently
available immunoassays. However, direct comparison of native human serum samples ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nursing2008.com R Retnakaran, BS Youn, Y Liu, AJG Hanley, NS … - Clinical …, 2008 - pt.wkhealth.com The first two authors contributed equally to this work. ... Isolation of human primary adipocytes
and differentiation o... ... Induction of diabetes in rats using streptozotocin and isol... ...
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DG Haider, A Handisurya, A Storka, E Vojtassakova … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc The insulin-mimetic adipocytokine visfatin has been associated with insulin resistance in some
studies and is regulated by glucose. We hypothesized that glucose-induced changes in plasma
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CC Chen, TC Li, CI Li, CS Liu, WY Lin, MT Wu, MM Lai, … - Metabolism, 2007 - Elsevier Adipose tissue has recently been identified as an endocrine organ. Visfatin is a novel adipocytokine
predominantly secreted from visceral adipocytes. Visceral obesity is an important component
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stress, and endothelial dysfunction has increasingly been studied as an important non- ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 19 versions
