Visfatin: the missing link between intra-abdominal obesity and diabetes?

Volume: 11, Issue: 8, Pages: 344 - 347
Published: Aug 1, 2005
Abstract
Human obesity-related diabetes and the accompanying metabolic disorders have been specifically linked to increased visceral adipose tissue mass. Understanding the differences in biology of the two human fat depots (visceral and subcutaneous) might hold the key to therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing obesity-induced insulin resistance and alleviating symptoms of the metabolic syndrome. Visfatin (pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor, PBEF) is a...
Paper Details
Title
Visfatin: the missing link between intra-abdominal obesity and diabetes?
Published Date
Aug 1, 2005
Volume
11
Issue
8
Pages
344 - 347
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