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- noun A
hormone secreted byadipose tissue
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Examples
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The researchers suspect MIF acts on adipocytes, the cells that make up fat tissue, because they also found that the mice lacking MIF showed significantly lower levels than normal diabetic mice of a hormone called resistin, which is produced by adipocytes and contributes to insulin resistance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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It was briefly thought that visceral fat produced a hormone involved in insulin resistance, but this has been disproved by clinical tests see, resistin, a hormone, ultimately misnamed, which is produced by adipose tissue and does cause insulin resistance in mice but not in humans.
Althouse Continues Screaming -- Sorry, "Shouting" -- About Our Rudy Video 2009
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Unfortunately, the fatter you are -- that is, the more your fat cells fill up with fat -- the more resistin you make ... and the less adiponectin.
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It also decreases favorable adiponectin and increases unfavorable resistin.
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Energy metabolism was evaluated at designated time points throughout the study by performing morning oral glucose tolerance tests and measuring levels of glucose, insulin, glucagon, leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF.
Intermittent fasting guest blog | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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In particular, two compounds made by fat cells -- tumor necrosis factor alpha and resistin -- seem to interfere with the operation of insulin.
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Fasting levels of insulin, leptin, ghrelin, adiponectin, resistin, and BDNF were not significantly affected by meal frequency.
Intermittent fasting guest blog | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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But Dr. Steven Shoelson, associate director of research at Joslin Diabetes Center, has bred a strain of mice whose fat cells produce exceptional levels of inflammatory compounds like TNF-alpha, IL-1 and resistin (as in insulin resistance).
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In particular, two compounds made by fat cells -- tumor necrosis factor alpha and resistin -- seem to interfere with the operation of insulin.
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Unfortunately, the fatter you are -- that is, the more your fat cells fill up with fat -- the more resistin you make ... and the less adiponectin.
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