Elevated Plasma Level of Visfatin/Pre-B Cell Colony-Enhancing Factor in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Chen, Miao‐Pei; Chung, Fu‐Mei; Chang, Dao‐Ming; C.‐R. Tsai, Jack; Huang, Han-Fen; Shin, Shyi‐Jang; Lee, Yau‐Jiunn

doi:10.1210/jc.2005-1475

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Elevated Plasma Level of Visfatin/Pre-B Cell Colony-Enhancing Factor in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism • Jan 1, 2006

Authors:

Miao‐Pei Chen

Fu‐Mei Chung

Dao‐Ming Chang

Abstract

CONTEXT: Visfatin (also known as pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor or PBEF) is a cytokine that is highly expressed in visceral fat and whose blood levels correlate with obesity. Originally isolated as a secreted factor that promotes the growth of B cell precursors and recently found to act as an in...

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Internal medicine

Endocrinology

Adiponectin

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