Effect of Weight Reduction Following Bariatric Surgery on Serum Visfatin and Adiponectin Levels in Morbidly Obese Subjects

Objective: Adipokines are signaling and mediator proteins secreted from adipose tissue. A novel adipokine, visfatin, was reported as a protein which was mainly expressed in visceral adipose tissue. Controversial results have been shown regarding the changes of adipokines following weight reduction....

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Published in:	Obesity Facts
Main Authors:	Mohammad Javad Hosseinzadeh-Attar, Atefeh Golpaie, Leila Janani, Hoda Derakhshanian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karger Publishers 2013-04-01
Subjects:	Visfatin Morbid obesity Bariatric surgery Weight loss Adiponectin
Online Access:	http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/351162