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Adiponectin and its gene variants as risk factors for insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2006
Gable D R, Hurel S J, Humphries S E
Abstract excerpt
The increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance has attracted considerable interest due to their identification as risk factors for cardiovascular disease and, hence, targets for cardiovascular disease prevention. This review focuses on adiponectin, the most profusely secreted protein from adipose tissue, which itself is being increasingly recognised as an important and very active...
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