Chicken Is a Useful Model to Investigate the Role of Adipokines in Metabolic and Reproductive Diseases

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Comparison of adiponectin, visfatin, and chemerin effects on female (a) and male (b) steroidogenesis in mammal (a, b) versus chicken (a). IGF1: insulin like growth factor 1, FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone, LH: luteinizing hormone, hCG: human chorionic gonadotropin.