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Adipose Tissue Hormones and the Regulation of Food Intake
Author(s) -
Henry B. A.,
Clarke I. J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of neuroendocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1365-2826
pISSN - 0953-8194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.1730.x
Subject(s) - leptin , resistin , medicine , endocrinology , hormone , adiponectin , adipose tissue , food intake , energy expenditure , brown adipose tissue , adipokine , biology , obesity , insulin resistance
Over the past decade, adipose tissue has been shown to produce numerous factors that act as hormones. Many of these act on the brain to regulate energy balance via dual effects on food intake and energy expenditure. These include well‐characterised hormones such as leptin, oestrogen and glucocorticoids and novel factors such as adiponectin and resistin. This review provides a perspective on the role of these factors as lipostats.