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Mechanisms of Disease: adipocytokines and visceral adipose tissue—emerging role in intestinal and mesenteric diseases

Schäffler, Andreas ; Schölmerich, Jürgen ; Büchler, Christa



Zusammenfassung

Adipose tissue has long been regarded as a passive type of connective tissue that stores energy as triglycerides and releases energy as free fatty acids, however, this point of view has now changed. The wide variety of products expressed and secreted by adipose tissue, such as adiponectin, leptin, and resistin, mean that the total adipose tissue mass can be defined as a real endocrine organ. The ...

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