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New adipocytokine found
The Scientist 2005, 19(1):21
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Adipose tissue does more than store triglycerides. It has become increasingly apparent that fat tissue serves as an extensive endocrine organ. According to Iichiro Shimomura and his team at Osaka University in Japan, a newly discovered metabolic factor produced predominantly by visceral fat mimics the effects of insulin, lowering glucose levels in vivo and in vitro and activating the insulin receptor.[1]
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