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Clinical review: Adiponectin biology and its role in inflammation and critical illness

Adiponectin is an adipokine first described just over a decade ago. Produced almost exclusively by adipocytes, adiponectin circulates in high concentrations in human plasma. Research into this hormone has revealed it to have insulin-sensitizing, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective roles. This rev...

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Autores principales: Robinson, Katherine, Prins, John, Venkatesh, Bala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21586104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10021