Obesity and its metabolic complications: The role of adipokines and the relationship between obesity, inflammation, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6184-6223

  Jung, Un Ju ^a   Choi, Myung Sook ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipokine; Adipose tissue; Dyslipidemia; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION STIMULATING PROTEIN; ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; RESISTIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 5; SERUM AMYLOID A; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATTY LIVER; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER PROTECTION; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGES; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; OBESITY;

EID: 84898638844     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15046184     Document Type: Review

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