Endocrine Abstracts

Visfatin is one of adipokines that particularly regulates metabolic homeostasis. Literature data of the last decade indicate also that visfatin participates in the regulation of ovarian follicles’ steroid synthesis and oocyte maturation in women, mice, hens, and cows. However, there is still a gap in knowledge about the effect of this adipokine on the corpus luteum (CL) functions. Our previous study documented visfatin mRNA and protein expression in the porcine CL. Theref...