Adipocytokines - Novel link between inflammation and vascular function?

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-528

  Guzik, T J ^a,b   Mangalat, D ^b   Korbut, Richard ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Adipose tissue; Endothelium; Inflammation; Leptin; Nitric oxide; Obesity; Resistin; Vascular function; Visfatin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ANDROGEN; APELIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CD69 ANTIGEN; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; RESISTIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISFATIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33846263404     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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