Physiological, pathological and potential therapeutic roles of adipokines

Drug Discovery Today
Inês Falcão-PiresAdelino F Leite-Moreira

Abstract

Formerly regarded purely as passive energy storage, adipose tissue is now recognized as a vital endocrine organ. Adipocytes secrete diverse peptide hormones named adipokines, which act in a autocrine, paracrine or endocrine way to influence several biological functions. Adipokines comprise diverse bioactive substances, including cytokines, growth, and complement factors, which perform essential regulatory functions related to energy balance, satiety and immunity. Presently adipokines have been widely implicated in obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. In this article we aim to present a brief description of the roles and potential therapeutic modulation of adipokines, such as leptin, resistin, adiponectin, apelin, visfatin, FABP-4, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1).

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