Adiponectin (a protein consisting of 244 amino acids and characterized by a molecular
weight of 28 kDa) is a cytokine that is secreted from adipose tissues (adipokine). Available …

A key metabolic activity of the gut microbiota is the fermentation of non-digestible
carbohydrate, which generates short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) as the principal end …

Skeletal and cardiac muscles play key roles in the regulation of systemic energy
homeostasis and display remarkable plasticity in their metabolic responses to caloric …

Almost 20 years have passed since the first laboratory evidence emerged that an abundant
message encoding a protein with homology to the C1q superfamily is highly specifically …

The global epidemic of obesity is accompanied by an increased prevalence of
cardiovascular disease (CVD), in particular stroke and heart attack. Dysfunctional adipose …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a family of nuclear receptors
including PPARα, PPARγ, and PPARβ/δ, acting as transcription factors to regulate the …

Adiponectin, the most abundant plasma adipokine, plays an important role in the regulation
of glucose and lipid metabolism. Adiponectin also possesses insulin‐sensitizing, anti …

Background: Under the transcriptional control of numerous factors and intracellular signals,
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into various cell types, including …

White adipose tissue (WAT) is the premier energy depot. Since the discovery of the
hormonal properties of adipose-secreted proteins such as leptin and adiponectin, WAT has …

Skeletal muscle is a major metabolic organ that uses mostly glucose and lipids for energy
production and has the capacity to remodel itself in response to exercise and fasting …