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SUBMITTER: Przybycinski J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764041 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Przybyciński Jarosław J Dziedziejko Violetta V Puchałowicz Kamila K Domański Leszek L Domański Leszek L Pawlik Andrzej A
International journal of molecular sciences 20201209 24
Adiponectin is the adipokine associated with insulin sensitization, reducing liver gluconeogenesis, and increasing fatty acid oxidation and glucose uptake. Adiponectin is present in the kidneys, mainly in the arterial endothelium and smooth muscle cells, as well as in the capillary endothelium, and might be considered as a marker of many negative factors in chronic kidney disease. The last few years have brought a rising body of evidence that adiponectin is a multipotential protein with anti-inf ...[more]