Adipose tissue hormones

Adipose tissue ranks among the large endocrine organs with the production of its many actions. Individual hormones (see below), the most famous of which is probably the hormone leptin, are currently undergoing intensive research, as it is hoped that they could be useful in the treatment of obesity. For example, it was the discovery of leptin and mutations of the gene for its receptor (LEP-R) that explained several types of familial obesity.

The currently known hormones are:
 * leptin;
 * adiponectin;
 * resistin;
 * AFABP;
 * visfatin;
 * perlipin;
 * omentin.

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