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University of Tubingen publishes research in life sciences
March 30th, 2009
"We aimed at determining which circulating forms of the adipokine adiponectin that increases lipid oxidation in liver and skeletal muscle are related to ectopic fat in these depots in humans. Plasma total-, high-molecular weight (HMW)-, middle-molecular weight (MMW)-, and low-molecular weight (LMW) adiponectin were quantified by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay," scientists in Tubingen, Germany report. "Their relationships with liver- and intramyocellular fat, measured using H-1 magnetic resonance spectroscopy, were investigated in 54 whites without type 2 diabetes. Liver fat, adjusted for gender, age, and total body fat, was associated only with HMW adiponectin (r...
Source: Diabetes Week (2009-03-30)
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