adiponectin obesity
Adiponectin was discovered independently by several laboratories, hence its variousnames: Acrp30 (adipocyte complement-related protein of 30kDa), apM1 (adiposemost abundant gene transcript 1), adipoQ and GBP28 (gelatin-binding protein of28kDa) . Adiponectin is composed of an N terminal sequence, hypervariabledomain, 15 collagenous repeats and a C terminal domain. A trimeric form ofadiponectin is secreted by adipocytes and gives...
