Serum Vaspin Concentrations Are Closely Related to Insulin Resistance, and rs77060950 atSERPINA12Genetically Defines Distinct Group with Higher Serum Levels in Japanese Population
Author(s) -
Sanae Teshigawara,
Jun Wada,
Kazuyuki Hida,
Atsuko Nakatsuka,
Jun Eguchi,
Kazutoshi Murakami,
Motoko Kanzaki,
Kentaro Inoue,
Takahiro Terami,
Akihiro Katayama,
Izumi Iseda,
Yuichi Matsushita,
Nobuyuki Miyatake,
John F. McDonald,
Kikuko Hotta,
Hirofumi Makino
Publication year - 2012
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.2011-3297
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , medicine , endocrinology , adipokine , single nucleotide polymorphism , population , type 2 diabetes , body mass index , genotyping , insulin , biology , diabetes mellitus , genotype , gene , genetics , environmental health
Vaspin is an adipokine with insulin-sensitizing effects identified from visceral adipose tissues of genetically obese rats.
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