Title of Document: THE INFLUENCE OF VISFATIN AND VISFATIN GENE POLYMORPHISMS ON GLUCOSE AND OBESITY-RELATED VARIABLES AND THEIR RESPONSES TO AEROBIC EXERCISE TRAINING Jennifer Ann McKenzie, Ph.D., 2008 Directed By: Professor James M. Hagberg, Department of Kinesiology Adipokines, soluble factors produced by adipocytes, may help to connect diabetes and obesity; one such adipokine is visfatin. Pr...

The detrimental effect of elevated free fatty acids (FFAs) on insulin sensitivity can be improved by thiazolidinediones (TZDs) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is unknown whether this salutary action of TZD is associated with altered release of the insulin-mimetic adipocytokine visfatin. In this study, we investigated whether visfatin concentrations are altered by FFA and TZD treat...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of endurance (ET), resistance (RT) and concurrent training (CT) on plasma levels of visfatin, insulin, glucose and insulin resistance of non-athlete men with Obesity. It was a semi-experimental study. Thirty six men [age: 21.48 (0.25), and BF%: 27.39 (0.52)], voluntarily participated in this study after public announcement in univer...

AIMS We evaluated the links between leptin and visfatin levels and fertilization rates in nonoverweight (NOW) women with PCOS (NOW-PCOS) from Apulia undergoing in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF). MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY We recruited 16 NOW women with PCOS (NOW-PCOS) and 10 normally ovulating NOW women (control-NOW). All women underwent IVF. Androgens, 17- β -estradiol (17 β -E2), ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between serum visfatin and the progress of chronic viral hepatitis B cirrhosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Selected 153 cases of chronic hepatitis B patients with cirrhosis as an observational group. Among which, Child-Pugh Grade was divided into grade A with 31 cases, grade B with 79 cases and grade C with 43 cases. 50 healthy people were added to the study an...

CONTEXT The aim of this study was to assess the plasma leptin, adiponectin, resistin, visfatin/NAMPT, omentin-1, vaspin, apelin, TNF-α, IL-6 and RBP4 levels in relation to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle in young, healthy, normal-weight women. METHODS The study involved 52 young, healthy, normal-weight women. Anthropometric parameters, body composition and levels of plasma leptin,...

OBJECTIVE Visfatin, a novel adipokine with metabolic and immunoregulatory properties, has been implicated in the regulation of fetal growth, as well as in preterm labor. A gap in knowledge is whether spontaneous labor at term is associated with changes in the maternal and fetal concentrations of visfatin. The aim of this study was to determine if the presence of labor at term is associated with...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between four circulating adipocytokines (apelin, vaspin, visfatin, adiponectin) and markers of insulin sensitivity, in the context of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in adolescents. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 48, obese, adolescent girls (mean age: 15.6±3.4 years, mean body mass index standard deviation score (BMI-SDS): 2.31±0.1), and 37...

Increasing evidences suggested visfatin, a newly discovered obesity-induced adipocytokine, is involved in promotion of cancer malignancy and correlated with worse clinical prognosis. While its effects and mechanisms on progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) remain unclear. Our clinical data show that visfatin protein is over expressed, positive associated with lymph node metastasis, high-grade ...