The authors are in the Department of Pharmacology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan. ushikubi@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
The hormone adiponectin is secreted from fat cells and increases sensitivity to insulin in muscle and liver; adiponectin increases resistance to metabolic disorders and, it now appears, may also protect heart tissue when blood flow is restricted (pages 1096−1103).
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