Association of serum irisin with metabolic syndrome in obese Chinese adults.

Irisin, a recently identified novel myokine, drives brown-fat-like conversion of white adipose tissues and has been proposed to mediate beneficial effects of exercise on metabolism. Circulating irisin was significantly reduced in type 2 diabetes patients; however, no evidence is available about its...

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Main Authors: Bing Yan, Xiulin Shi, Huijie Zhang, Lingling Pan, Zhimin Ma, Suhuan Liu, Yongwen Liu, Xiaoying Li, Shuyu Yang, Zhibin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094235&type=printable
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