Circulating levels of adiponectin may provide a novel marker for identifying individuals who are at an increased risk for pancreatic cancer, report researchers. In a prospective study of data pooled ...

Accumulating epidemiologic evidence has revealed that metabolic syndrome is an independent risk factor for psoriasis development and is associated with more severe psoriasis. Adiponectin, primarily ...

Researchers investigated the role between adiponectin and leptin in obesity-related carcinogenesis. Their findings suggest that the protein hormone adiponectin has potential for inhibiting the ...

Sofia Antipolis, France - Increased levels of adiponectin, a cytokine released from adipose tissue, were associated with greater risk of MI and all-cause and CV mortality in a prospective study of ...

Adipocyte-derived secretory proteins have been increasingly linked to diabetes. To investigate whether adiponectin, a major adipocyte secretory protein, predicts diabetes, we conducted a case-cohort ...

While obesity is a well-known cause of cardiovascular disease, research from Sweden has now revealed that one of the body's obesity-related hormones -- adiponectin -- is also linked to osteoporosis ...

Diabetes has become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and the prevention and management of diabetes is now a major global health concern. While recent studies link obesity with diabetes, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In white adults with and without obesity, better metabolic health is associated with higher adiponectin levels ...

Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Mar., 2009), pp. 193-199 (7 pages) Accumulating evidence supports a role for obesity in the etiology of multiple myeloma (MM). The distinct possibility exists ...

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index. Student's test matched variable. χ 2 for trend/contrast matched variable. Serum adiponectin levels were significantly higher in NHL ...

Objectives: We examined the effects of rosiglitazone: 1) on glucose homeostasis, insulin action, beta-cell function, and plasma adiponectin and TNF-alpha (TNF-α) levels; and 2) the expression of ...