Omentin on a Four-Pronged Fork: Another Reason Why Obesity Erodes Cardiovascular Survival - 18/09/14
Doi : 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.06.012
Salvatore Pepe, FCSANZ ⁎ 
Heart Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
⁎Corresponding author at: Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, AUSTRALIA. Tel.: +61 3 9345 4114.
Riassunto |
Adipose tissue is now acknowledged as not just an energy storage tissue, but also as an endocrine organ that produces bioactive adipokines. Omentin is an adipokine that is gaining interest due to reports of reduced circulating plasma levels in obesity and blood vessel diseases. An emerging cardioprotective role for omentin is discussed.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Omentin, Adipokines, Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolic syndrome, Cardioprotection
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Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Pubblicato da Elsevier Masson SAS. Tutti i diritti riservati.
Vol 23 - N° 9
P. 791-793 - settembre 2014 Ritorno al numero
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