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exact clinical implications of all adrenal precursor-androgens (APA) remain unknown. The present study aims to examine the connection of the ∆5 androgen precursor 17-OHPE with anthropometric markers of adipocyte dysfunctions, other androgens, and markers
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closely linked to insulin resistance. RBP4 is considered to be secreted from adipocytes in response to declining blood glucose levels and to cause insulin resistance and thereby counter regulate hypoglycemia. In support of this, RBP4 production is reported
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diet being shown to activate SGK1 in many other tissues, it suppresses adipocyte SGK1 activation and thus hinders glucose deposition in the fat tissue ( 7 ). Research on mouse 3T3-L1 cells proved that adipocyte differentiation was enhanced via distinct
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support adipose tissue/adipocytes as a significant and modifiable source of circulating total chemerin (pro and active chemerin) ( 14 , 18 , 19 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ). The exact role, beneficial or detrimental, that chemerin plays in obesity is
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an increased adrenergic signaling ( 2 , 3 ). In adipocytes, TGs are packed in lipid droplets, and proteins associated with lipid droplet surface play an important role in the regulation of lipolysis ( 3 ). Among these proteins, perilipin (PLIN
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adipocytes play an important role in the pathogenesis of DKD. A variety of adipokines secreted by adipocytes, such as adiponectin, leptin, resistin, visfatin, and chemerin, are related to the progression of DKD. Adiponectin is considered to have a
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mesenchymal stem cells and preadipocytes ( 3 ). DHT and testosterone in fact have inhibitory effects on multipotent stem cell commitment to the preadipocyte lineage and adipocyte differentiation in both sexes. An impairment in adipocyte proliferation and
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), adipocyte formation ( 15 ), metabolic activity ( 16 ) and many other pathways in obesity-related disorders. More important, the presence of circulating miRNAs has fostered intriguing studies on the role of those miRNAs as molecular biomarkers. Since miRNAs
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). Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) is expressed in adipocytes, macrophages, and capillary and injured arterial endothelial cells, and excessive expression of FABP4 is associated with the development of insulin resistance and atherosclerosis, leading to
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Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany
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). Ten years later (in 2007) chemerin was re-discovered as a novel adipokine regulating adipogenesis and genes critical in glucose and lipid metabolism of adipocytes ( 3 ). Subsequent research characterized additional roles of chemerin in diverse