...Silvia Lorente-Cebrián; Matilde Bustos; Amelia Marti; J. Alfredo Martinez; Maria J. MORENO-ALIAGA Visfatin is an adipokine highly expressed in visceral AT (adipose tissue) of humans and rodents, the production of which seems to be dysregulated in excessive fat accumulation and conditions of insulin...

...-B-cell-enhancing factor)/visfatin, leptin, resistin, retinol-binding protein-4 and others. They play major roles in key aspects of metabolism, such as insulin resistance, fatty acid oxidation, inflammation and immunity. Adiponectin, a prototypic adipocytokine, is of importance in the regulation...

...Katarzyna Krzyzanowska; Walter Krugluger; Friedrich Mittermayer; Rupa Rahman; Dominik Haider; Nadja Shnawa; Guntram Schernthaner The recently discovered adipocytokine visfatin has insulin-like properties. It lowers blood glucose and improves insulin sensitivity; however, clinical data on visfatin...