Molecular Characteristics of Serum Visfatin and Differential Detection by Immunoassays
Author(s) -
Antje Körner,
Antje Garten,
Matthias Blüher,
Roy Tauscher,
Jürgen Kratzsch,
Wieland Kieß
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-1304
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , context (archaeology) , immunoassay , recombinant dna , blot , diabetes mellitus , size exclusion chromatography , chemistry , molecular mass , biology , biochemistry , enzyme , gene , immunology , antibody , paleontology
There are controversial results concerning the association of visfatin with obesity and diabetes. We aimed to characterize molecular features of visfatin, to assess visfatin detection by different immunoassays, and evaluate the association with human obesity and glucose metabolism.
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