A is for adipokine

Deborah M. Muoio and Christopher B. Newgard ()
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Deborah M. Muoio: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center
Christopher B. Newgard: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7049, 337-338

Abstract: Adipokines are hormones that signal changes in fatty-tissue mass and energy status so as to control fuel usage. A fat-derived adipokine that binds to vitamin A provides a new link between obesity and insulin resistance.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1038/436337a

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