Open AccessSerum Visfatin Is Differentially Regulated by Insulin and Free Fatty Acids in Healthy Men
Author(s) -
Irina Kowalska,
Monika KarczewskaKupczewska,
Agnieszka Adamska,
Agnieszka Nikołajuk,
Elżbieta Otziomek,
Marek Strączkowski
Publication year - 2013
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.2012-2818
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperinsulinemia , endocrinology , insulin resistance , insulin , glucose clamp technique , polycystic ovary , heparin , diabetes mellitus , pancreatic hormone
Serum visfatin is elevated in insulin-resistant states, ie, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and polycystic ovary syndrome, thus linking visfatin with the pathogenesis of insulin resistance.
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