Article
Role of vaspin in human eating behaviour.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Breitfeld Jana, Tönjes Anke, Gast Marie-Therese, Schleinitz Dorit, Blüher Matthias, Stumvoll Michael, Kovacs Peter, Böttcher Yvonne
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The adipokine vaspin (visceral adipose tissue derived serine protease inhibitor, serpinA12) follows a meal-related diurnal variation in humans and intracerebroventricular vaspin administration leads to acutely reduced food intake in db/db mice. We therefore hypothesized that vaspin may play a role in human eating behaviour. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We measured serum vaspin concentrations in 548 subjects...
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