Omentin as a novel biomarker of metabolic risk factors

BACKGROUND: Omentin is an adipocytokine that is abundantly expressed in visceral fat tissue. We investigated the association of omentin with the number of metabolic risk factors. FINDING: The study population comprised 201 Japanese men who underwent annual health checkups. Plasma omentin levels were...

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Autores principales: Shibata, Rei, Ouchi, Noriyuki, Takahashi, Ryotaro, Terakura, Yuya, Ohashi, Koji, Ikeda, Nobuo, Higuchi, Akiko, Terasaki, Hiroko, Kihara, Shinji, Murohara, Toyoaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22835063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-4-37
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Omentin is an adipocytokine that is abundantly expressed in visceral fat tissue. We investigated the association of omentin with the number of metabolic risk factors. FINDING: The study population comprised 201 Japanese men who underwent annual health checkups. Plasma omentin levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We divided the subjects into 4 groups according to omentin levels. A reduction of plasma omentin levels significantly correlated with an increase in the mean number of metabolic risk factors such as increased waist circumference, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure and glucose intolerance. CONCLUSIONS: Circulating omentin levels negatively correlated with the multiplicity of metabolic risk factors, suggesting that omentin acts as a biomarker of metabolic disorders.

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