ea0029p1211 | Obesity | ICEECE2012
Fisette A.
, Oikonomopoulou K.
, Munkonda M.
, Lambris J.
, Cianflone K.
Recent integrative approaches showed that adipose tissue play a major endocrine role. Molecules secreted by the expanding adipose tissue modulate systemic inflammation and contribute heavily to the pathology of obesity co-morbidities. Acylation stimulating protein (ASP) is an adipokine that has been linked with energy metabolism and lipid metabolism. The ASP receptor, C5L2, is widespread within tissues in the organism, yet ASP effects outside the adipose tissue remain explored...