Endocrine Abstracts

Adipokines are an important contributor to the circulatory milieu of the body. The spectrum of adipokines changes as dysfunctional features of adipose tissue develop and the menopause is a time when an impairment of metabolic balance appears. The aim of this study was to examine several serum adipokines and adiponectin gene expression in subcutaneous and deep neck adipose tissue in women. Samples of serum, subcutaneous and deep neck adipose tissue were taken in 41 (12 premenop...

Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that actively contributes to the development of the metabolic dysfunction but it is not homogenous and the nature of its impact considerably depends on its anatomic location. So far both subcutaneous and deep neck adipose tissue depots were individually related to increased metabolic risk but their particular features were not mutually compared. Adiponectin is an adipocytokine that has consistently showed higher mRNA expression in subcutane...