Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In obesity and overweight, inflammation is associated with a progressive infiltration of immune cells causing cytokine secretion into adipose tissue. Objective. Evaluation of adipocytokines derived from adipose tissue and immune cells (adiponectin, resistin, TNF-α and IL-6). Materials and methods. 150 adults divided up in 3 groups; obese, overweight and controls. Adipocytokines (adiponectin, resistin, TNF-α and IL-6) were quantified by ELISA, serum insu...