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- noun Plural form of
adipokine .
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These secreted hormones, known as adipokines, can contribute to systemic, low-grade, chronic inflammation
Dr. Nicholas Perricone: 10 Dirty Little Secrets About Body Fat 2009
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Dr Kahn said it is possible that subcutaneous fat may be producing certain hormones, known as adipokines, which produce beneficial effects on metabolism.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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It may also be producing certain hormones, known as adipokines, which produce beneficial effects on metabolism.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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"Shrinking your body fat also changes growth factors, signaling proteins such as adipokines and hormones like insulin in ways that tend to turn off cancer-promoting processes in cells," Walker says.
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"Shrinking your body fat also changes growth factors, signaling proteins such as adipokines and hormones like insulin in ways that tend to turn off cancer-promoting processes in cells," Walker says.
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Our energy expenditure, appetite, and immune system are also affected because our body fat adipokines, hormones that the body secretes, are proteins that act as messengers in the body.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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A type of cytokine, cell-to-cell signaling protein, adipokines can be pro-inflammatory, contributing to chronic, systemic, subclinical inflammation.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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The impaired glucose tolerance was reversible and was not associated with alterations in the levels of adipokines or BDNF.
Intermittent fasting guest blog | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Subcutaneous fat — the kind that Sir Mix-A-Lot loves — actually produces hormones called “adipokines” literally, “fat movers” that can increase metabolism and can aid in insulin receptivity, thus reducing the risk of diabetes.
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Most adipokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α, interleukin (IL) -6 and leptin, are pro-inflammatory.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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