Adiponectin

Known as: Adipocyte Complement Related Protein 30 kDa, apM-1 Protein, Adipose Most Abundant Gene Transcript 1 
A 30-kDa COMPLEMENT C1Q-related protein, the most abundant gene product secreted by FAT CELLS of the white ADIPOSE TISSUE. Adiponectin modulates… (More)
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ADIPOQ protein, humanAdipoq protein, mouseHypoadiponectinemia

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peptide hormone

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Adiponectin protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through AMPK- and COX-2–dependent mechanisms
Obesity-related disorders are associated with the development of ischemic heart disease. Adiponectin is a circulating adipose… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Plasma adiponectin levels and risk of myocardial infarction in men.
CONTEXT Adiponectin, a recently discovered adipocyte-derived peptide, is involved in the regulation of insulin sensitivity and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase
Adiponectin (Ad) is a hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates energy homeostasis and glucose and lipid metabolism. However… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Diet-induced insulin resistance in mice lacking adiponectin/ACRP30
Here we investigated the biological functions of adiponectin/ACRP30, a fat-derived hormone, by disrupting the gene that encodes… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The fat-derived hormone adiponectin reverses insulin resistance associated with both lipoatrophy and obesity
Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone. Recent genome-wide scans have mapped a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
PPARgamma ligands increase expression and plasma concentrations of adiponectin, an adipose-derived protein.
Insulin resistance and its dreaded consequence, type 2 diabetes, are major causes of atherosclerosis. Adiponectin is an adipose… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Plasma concentrations of a novel, adipose-specific protein, adiponectin, in type 2 diabetic patients.
Adiponectin is a novel, adipose-specific protein abundantly present in the circulation, and it has antiatherogenic properties. We… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived plasma protein, inhibits endothelial NF-kappaB signaling through a cAMP-dependent pathway.
BACKGROUND Among the many adipocyte-derived endocrine factors, we found an adipocyte-derived plasma protein, adiponectin, that… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Paradoxical decrease of an adipose-specific protein, adiponectin, in obesity.
We isolated the human adipose-specific and most abundant gene transcript, apM1 (Maeda, K., et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Novel modulator for endothelial adhesion molecules: adipocyte-derived plasma protein adiponectin.
BACKGROUND Among the many adipocyte-derived endocrine factors, we recently found an adipocyte-specific secretory protein… (More)
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