The reciprocal association of adiponectin and CRP levels in both human plasma and adipose tissue might participate in the development of atherosclerosis.
We measured circulating adiponectin levels and risk factors for atherosclerosis in 45 healthy first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic subjects (FDR) as well as 40 healthy control subjects (CON) without a known family history of diabetes.
Adiponectin is an adipose tissue-specific protein that is abundantly present in the circulation and suggested to be involved in insulin sensitivity and development of atherosclerosis.
The aim of this review is to summarize the current knowledge about the physiology and pathophysiology of adiponectin and to discuss its potential in the treatment of insulin resistance and atherosclerosis.
Moreover, studies in aortic endothelial cells revealed that the protein exerts a dose-dependent decrease of the surface expression of vascular adhesion molecules and cytokine production from macrophages, suggesting the implication of adiponectin in atherosclerosis and inflammation.
Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, is an essential modulator of insulin sensitivity and several studies suggest an important role of adiponectin in the processes leading to atherosclerosis, thus indicating the adiponectin gene as a potential candidate for coronary artery disease (CAD).
Reduced adiponectin and HDL cholesterol without elevated C-reactive protein: clues to the biology of premature atherosclerosis in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome.
We studied the role played by total adiponectin and by the bioactive high-molecular-weight (HMW) oligomeric complexes of adiponectin in vascular function in offspring whose parents both had type 2 diabetes, a population at high risk of diabetes and atherosclerosis.
These results facilitate the understanding of molecular mechanisms of adiponectin actions and obesity-linked diseases such as diabetes and atherosclerosis and propose the molecular targets for anti-diabetic and anti-atherogenic drugs.
We investigated the presence of adiponectin receptors in intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) in obesity and diabetes and their association with adiponectin expression and components of the metabolic syndrome and/or other metabolic factors associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).
We assessed the genetic basis of plasma adiponectin in Hispanic-American and African-American families enrolled through the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study Family Study.
Adiponectin, an adipose tissue-derived hormone, exhibits anti-inflammatory properties and has various biological functions, such as increasing insulin sensitivity, reducing hypertension, and suppressing atherosclerosis, liver fibrosis, and tumor growth.
In summary, the studies published to date indicate that polymorphisms at the adiponectin locus are indeed predictors of circulating adiponectin levels, insulin sensitivity, and atherosclerosis, highlighting the pivotal role of this adipokine in the modulation of metabolism and atherogenesis.
A lack of increase in high molecular weight-adiponectin in macroalbuminuric subjects with metabolic syndrome may exert renal and atherosclerotic risks.
A decrease in the circulating levels of adiponectin by interactions between genetic factors and environmental factors causing obesity has been shown to contribute to the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis.