The adipose-A novel endocrine organ of interest to the nephrologist

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-195

  Wiȩcek, Andrzej ^a   Kokot, Franciszek ^a   Chudek, Jerzy ^a   Adamczak, Marcin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Cardiovascular morbidity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LEPTIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RENIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; HORMONE; PROTEIN; RESISTIN; RETN PROTEIN, HUMAN; RETNLB PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEXUAL MATURATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; HORMONES, ECTOPIC; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEPTIN; NEPHROLOGY; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEINS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036483552     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.2.191     Document Type: Editorial

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