title: The rapidly expanding family of adipokines.
abstract: Chemerin is a newly described adipokine with effects on adipocyte differentiation and metabolism in vitro. Its relationship with body mass index and aspects of the metabolic syndrome suggests a larger role for this protein in obesity-associated complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. macdouga@umich.edu
authors.forename: Ormond A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: MacDougald
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Burant
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D054392:Adipokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D018925:Chemokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D054392:Adipokines; D018925:Chemokines; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C478630:RARRES2 protein, human