title: New insight into adiponectin role in obesity and obesity-related diseases.
abstract: Obesity is a major health problem strongly increasing the risk for various severe related complications such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory disorders, diabetic retinopathy, and cancer. Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that produces biologically active molecules defined "adipocytokines," protein hormones with pleiotropic functions involved in the regulation of energy metabolism as well as in appetite, insulin sensitivity, inflammation, atherosclerosis, cell proliferation, and so forth. In obesity, fat accumulation causes dysregulation of adipokine production that strongly contributes to the onset of obesity-related diseases. Several advances have been made in the treatment and prevention of obesity but current medical therapies are often unsuccessful even in compliant patients. Among the adipokines, adiponectin shows protective activity in various processes such as energy metabolism, inflammation, and cell proliferation. In this review, we will focus on the current knowledge regarding the protective properties of adiponectin and its receptors, AdipoRs ("adiponectin system"), on metabolic complications in obesity and obesity-related diseases. Adiponectin, exhibiting antihyperglycemic, antiatherogenic, and anti-inflammatory properties, could have important clinical benefits in terms of development of therapies for the prevention and/or for the treatment of obesity and obesity-related diseases.
authors.affiliation: CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, Via Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Ersilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nigro
authors.affiliation: CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, Via Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy ; Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via De Amicis 95, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Scudiero
authors.affiliation: CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, Via Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Ludovica
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.affiliation: CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, Via Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Cardio-Toraciche e Respiratorie, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Via Bianchi 1, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzarella
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Malattie dell'Apparato Visivo, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute, Università del Molise, Via De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costagliola
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute, Università del Molise, Via De Sanctis 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.affiliation: CEINGE-Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, Via Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy ; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche Farmaceutiche, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Via Vivaldi 42, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
authors.forename: Aurora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daniele
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin
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