 Adipokines
"Adipokines" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polypeptides produced by the ADIPOCYTES. They include LEPTIN; ADIPONECTIN; RESISTIN; and many cytokines of the immune system, such as TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; and COMPLEMENT FACTOR D (also known as ADIPSIN). They have potent autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine functions.
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D054392
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.042 D12.644.276.024 D12.644.548.011 D12.776.467.024 D23.529.024
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adipokines" by people in Profiles.
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Zinkhan EK, Lang BY, Yu B, Wang Y, Jiang C, Fitzhugh M, Dahl M, Campbell MS, Fung C, Malleske D, Albertine KH, Joss-Moore L, Lane RH. Maternal tobacco smoke increased visceral adiposity and serum corticosterone levels in adult male rat offspring. Pediatr Res. 2014 Jul; 76(1):17-23.
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Fabian CJ, Kimler BF, Donnelly JE, Sullivan DK, Klemp JR, Petroff BK, Phillips TA, Metheny T, Aversman S, Yeh HW, Zalles CM, Mills GB, Hursting SD. Favorable modulation of benign breast tissue and serum risk biomarkers is associated with > 10 % weight loss in postmenopausal women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Nov; 142(1):119-32.
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Verlaan DJ, Ouimet M, Adoue V, Sirois-Gagnon D, Larivi?re M, Ge B, Beaulieu P, Dias J, Lam KC, Koka V, Laprise C, Pastinen T, Sinnett D. Promoter polymorphisms in CHI3L1 are associated with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Aug; 130(2):533-5.
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