Sample Dilution in Omentin Measurement

Adipose tissue is regarded as an endocrine organ no longer because it secretes many adipokines. Many of these adipokines are hormone-like effects. The relationships between the adipokines secreted by adipose tissue and the pathophysiological processes of inflammation, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus have been extensively investigated in recent years.

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