OBJECTIVES Many studies have investigated the association between obesity and prostate cancer risk but have yielded inconsistent results. Recent evidence suggests a particular role for obesity in prostate cancer progression. Many studies have investigated the roles of adipose tissue-derived factors (adipokines) as putative molecular mediators between obesity and prostate cancer. This review pro...

the adipokines, leptin and adiponectin, have a prominent role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (cad). the inflammatory enzyme, myeloperoxidase (mpo) also has an important role in the pathogenesis of cad. association of the adipokines with mpo remains to be resolved in patients with cad. in this case-control study, 100 patients with cad and 100 control subjects were appropriately r...

Background: Adipokins are cytokines predominantely or exclusively expressed by adipose tissue that circulate and affect target tissues. Four known adipokines, adiponectin, visfatin/PBEF, omentin and vaspin, all increase tissue sensitivity to insulin, and are thus described as ’beneficial’. In this review such biological actions and potential roles of the adipokines leptin, adiponectin and resis...

  Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder associated with metabolic disorders and infertility. Evidence suggests that the adipose tissue secreted products, adipokines, play an important role in the pathophysiology of PCOS. Reciprocally, PCOS influences on the adipokines serum content, also on gene or protein expression of some of them. Finding out of assoc...

Adipose tissue is the principal fat storing tissue which secretes various molecules known as adipokines. The major adipokines secreted from adipose tissue are leptin, adiponectin, visfatin, resistin, chemerin and apelin. Adipokines are regarded as the “marker of body metabolic status’’ which maintains the body energy homeostasis. An adequate energy level is essential for the onset of puberty an...

The heart and blood vessels are surrounded by epicardial and perivascular adipose tissues, respectively, which play important roles in maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis by secreting a number of biologically active molecules, termed "adipokines." Many of these adipokines function as an important component of the 'adipo-cardiovascular axis' mediating the cross talk between adipose tissues, t...

23 The heart and blood vessels are surrounded by epicardial and perivascular adipose tissues 24 respectively, which play important roles in maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis by secreting 25 a number of biologically active molecules, termed “adipokines”. Many of these adipokines 26 function as an important component of the ‘adipo-cardiovascular axis’ mediating the cross-talk 27 between adip...

Adipose tissue secretes adipokines that regulate insulin sensitivity in adipocytes and other peripheral tissues critical to glucose metabolism. Insulin resistance is associated with severe alterations in adipokines characterized by release of increased pro-inflammatory cytokines and decreased anti-inflammatory cytokines from adipose tissue. The role of Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) activation on a...