Association of circulating adipokine concentrations with indices of adiposity and sex in healthy, adult client owned cats

Association of circulating adipokine concentrations with indices of adiposity and sex in healthy, adult client owned cats

Abstract Background Both diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity are common in cats. The adipokines leptin, adiponectin, resistin and omentin are thought to have important roles in human obesity and glucose homeostasis; however, their functions in the pathophysiology of feline diabetes mellitus and obesi...

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Main Authors: Maggie C. Williams, Chantal J. McMillan, Elisabeth R. Snead, Kanae Takada, Prasanth K. Chelikani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Feline diabetes
Obesity
Sex
Adipokines
Omentin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-019-2080-9

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