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Adipokines and aging.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Jan 2011
Arai Yasumichi, Takayama Michiyo, Abe Yukiko, Hirose Nobuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Dysregulation of adipose tissue-derived bioactive molecules, termed adipokines, is recognized as common ground for insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome associated with obesity. However, adipokine dysregulation is paradoxically associated with lipodystrophy and lipoatrophy with aging. In familial partial lipodystrophic syndromes and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, both of which are caused by mutations...
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