Adipose tissue in addition to its ability to keep lipids is now recognized as a real organ with
both metabolic and endocrine functions. Recent studies demonstrated that in obese animals …

Taurine is a sulfur‐containing amino acid that is present in mammalian tissues in millimolar
concentrations. Taurine is involved in a diverse array of biological and physiological …

Obesity and diabetes is generally accompanied by a chronic state of oxidative stress,
disequilibrium in the redox balance, implicated in the development and progression of …

The complement system has been implicated in obesity, fatty liver, diabetes and
cardiovascular disease (CVD). Complement factors are produced in adipose tissue and …

Aims Visceral adipose tissue-derived serpin (vaspin) was identified as a new adipocytokine.
Many studies reported vaspin concentrations in obese subjects and type 2 diabetes mellitus …

(1) Adipsin is an adipokine that may link increased fat mass and adipose tissue dysfunction
to obesity-related cardiometabolic diseases. Here, we investigated whether adipsin serum …

The risk of breast cancer is significantly increased among obese women as the deleterious
adipokines can be over secreted and beneficial adipokines can be hyposecreted. We aim to …

Obesity is one of the biggest public health concerns identified by an increase in adipose
tissue mass as a result of adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia. Pertaining to the …

Hyperlipidemia, an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis, is regarded as a lipid
metabolism disorder associated with elevated plasma triglyceride and/or cholesterol …

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease characterized by high low-density
lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (LDL-c) concentrations that increase cardiovascular risk and …