BACKGROUND As a cytokine highly expressed in internal organs, visfatin could be used as a biomarker of systemic inflammation response for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, but few studies have reported the use of visfatin in severe pneumonia. The present study was undertaken to determine the plasma levels of visfatin in patients with severe pneumonia. METHODS A total of 70 patients, inc...

To explore the relationship between visfatin, ASP and the incidence of childhood obesity and the significance of them in diagnoses and therapy of children obesity. Eighty-six children (57 boys and 29 girls) including 40 obese children,22 overweight children and 24 normal control children were recruited with ages ranged 7-15 years. Serum visfatin and ASP levels were determined by ELISA. (1) As c...

Myocardial fibrosis and excessive proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) contribute to diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, the underlying mechanism is still not completely clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between high-glucose treatment and the expression of visfatin and type I procollagen in rat CFs, and examine the regulatory effects of high‑glucose trea...

background. visfatin (pre-b-cell colony-enhancing factor) is a salivary biomarker secreted from a variety of cells and is thought to have some proinflammatory and immune-modulating effects. this study compared salivary concentrations of visfatin in patients with chronic periodontitis and periimplantitis and healthy individuals. methods. in this cross-sectional and descriptive trial, patients we...

OBJECTIVE Visfatin, a novel adipokine, was revealed to be associated with obesity and to have insulin-mimetic effect. Eotaxin, which is an important chemokine in asthma, was recently reported to be associated with obesity in mice and humans. We evaluated the effect of exercise training on plasma visfatin and eotaxin levels in association with cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN Forty-eight no...

Abstract Objectives Dental caries is a multifactorial infectious disease caused by the colonization and proliferation of bacteria in mouth. Recently, it has been reported that local antioxidant oxidant status may play an important role pathogenesis dental caries. Visfatin adipocytokine enhances leukocyte activation release proinflammatory cytokines. In this study, our aim was to investigate sal...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the response of plasma visfatin to resistance exercise intensity and its relationship with insulin resistance, growth hormone and il-6. after familiarization and determining their maximum strength (1-rm), 15 healthy young subjects (age: 26.2±4.1 yr, weight: 75.1±9.1 kg) performed three resistance exercise sessions at intensities of 30%, 55% and 80...

Background. Previous studies demonstrated that type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients have low serum magnesium and high levels of visfatin. This study aimed to show the relationship between insulin, visfatin, in T2D characterized by a non-insulin resistance status. Methods. was cross-sectional conducted Hawler Medical University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq from April 2019 March 2020. A total number 130 45 ...

Background As an endocrine organ, adipose tissue produces and secretes lots of hormones and adipokines that play important roles in metabolism and inflammation [1]. Varied adipose tissues may affect the inflammation distinctively, mainly because of the different secretion levels of the adipokines. Adipokines like visfatin and retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4) may have important roles in insulin ...