Adiponectin: starving for attention

Gregory R Steinberg; Bruce E Kemp

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2007.06.008

Adiponectin: starving for attention

Cell Metab. 2007 Jul;6(1):3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2007.06.008.

Authors

Gregory R Steinberg¹, Bruce E Kemp

Affiliation

¹ St. Vincent's Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 17618851
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2007.06.008

Abstract

Maintaining energy balance involves the dynamic control of appetite and energy expenditure. A new study from the Kadowaki laboratory (Kubota et al., 2007) shows that the adipocyte-derived hormone adiponectin increases appetite and reduces energy expenditure by stimulating AMPK in the hypothalamus.

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MeSH terms

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
Adiponectin / cerebrospinal fluid
Adiponectin / genetics
Adiponectin / physiology*
Animals
Eating
Energy Metabolism
Hypothalamus / enzymology*
Hypothalamus / pathology
Multienzyme Complexes / genetics
Multienzyme Complexes / metabolism*
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

Adiponectin
Multienzyme Complexes
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases