Hypoxia in Obesity and Diabetes: Potential Therapeutic Effects of Hyperoxia and Nitrate
Table 2
Some adipose tissue secreted adipokines or cytokines.
Adipo/cytokines
Function
References
Adiponectin
Increases β-oxidation, insulin sensitivity via AMPK; increases glucose uptake and glucose tolerance. Decreased adiponectin is related to obesity, TNF-α upregulation, and eNOS downregulation.
Inhibits diet-induced obesity, due to its improvement of vascular integrity. It is positively correlated with BMI, and it is upregulated by insulin in obesity.
AMPK: adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase; BMI: body mass index; eNOS: endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase; Sfrp5: soluble (secreted) frizzled-related protein 5; WAT: white adipose tissue.