Adipocyte biology and adipocytokines

• Published in: Clinics in laboratory medicine Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 217
• Main Authors: Haque, Wasim A, Garg, Abhimanyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2004
• Subjects: Adipocytes - physiology; Adipose Tissue - cytology; Adipose Tissue - physiology; Cytokines - physiology; Humans; Peptide Hormones - physiology

Adipose tissue actively participates in regulation of food intake, energy expenditure, fuel metabolism, and a variety of other physiologic processes through its endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine secretory products (Table 4). Abnormal synthesis of these secretory products may be related to the path...