title: Adipokine signaling in the peritoneal dialysis patient.
abstract: Patients on peritoneal dialysis suffer from an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, obesity, insulin resistance, as well as a markedly increased mortality rate. In both the general population and in renal patients current research implicates fat tissue as an important factor in modulating many of these complications through the secretion of various signaling peptides, mainly cytokines and adipokines. Whereas hemodialysis patients tend to lose fat mass after initiation of renal replacement therapy, peritoneal dialysis-patients instead gain fat, probably as a result of continuous glucose absorption. In the present overview we summarize some recent findings indicating that fat mass actively contributes to systemic inflammation and metabolic disturbances in chronic kidney disease. We conclude that adipokines are likely to influence several key survival factors in peritoneal dialysis patients, including systemic inflammation, endothelial health and appetite.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Axelsson
authors.forename: Juan Jesús
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Carrero
authors.forename: Carla Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Avesani
authors.forename: Olof
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Heimbürger
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stenvinkel
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000502:physiology*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D020738:Leptin / Q000502:physiology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D052243:Resistin / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D020738:Leptin; D052243:Resistin