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Use of Omentin for Treatment and Prediction of Disease
Published Wednesday, January 28, 2015Obesity, especially accumulation of abdominal fat, is a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. More than one-third of US adults are considered to be obese. Omentin is an adipokine expressed and secreted from abdominal but not subcutaneous...
Investigator(s): Da-Wei Gong, Alan Shuldiner, John McLenithan, Rongze Yang
Categories: Research Tools, Antibodies, & Reagents, Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Biologics, Biomaterials
Keyword(s): omentin, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular
Docket: DG-2002-013, DG-2007-087, DG-2009-093