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Adiponectin and its association with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 1 Jun 2008
Sheng Tianxin, Yang Kangjuan
Abstract excerpt
Adiponectin is an adipokine, which is expressed in adipose tissue and is thought to play an important role in glucose metabolism. Hypoadiponectinemia can cause reduction of fatty acid oxidation, decreased glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells, and increased gluconeogenesis in hepatic cells. The level of plasma glucose can be increased. On the other hand, the decrease of fatty acid oxidation increases the level...
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