Obesity causes dysfunction of adipose tissue, with resultant chronic inflammation and
adverse interplay of various adipokines, sex steroids and endocrine hormones. All these …

Overweight and obesity are health problems of epidemic proportions, increasing the risk not
only of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus but also of various types of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Adipocytes have adapted to store energy in the form of lipid and
also secrete circulating factors called adipokines that signal to other tissues to coordinate …

Abstract Purpose of Review In this review, we investigate the role of classic and novel
adipocytokines in cancer pathogenesis synopsizing the mechanisms underlying the …

Adipose tissue is a complex organ with endocrine, metabolic and immune regulatory roles.
Adipose depots have been characterized to release several adipocytokines that work locally …

The link between obesity and multiple disease comorbidities is well established. In 2003,
Calle and colleagues presented the relationship between obesity and several cancer types …

Obesity is an established risk factor for several cancers, including breast, colon, endometrial,
ovarian, gastric, pancreatic and liver, and is increasingly a public health concern. Obese …

The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically in recent decades, reaching epidemic
proportions. It is becoming clear that obesity is associated not only with type 2 diabetes …

Obesity and its associated metabolic dysregulation are established risk factors for many
cancers. However, the biologic mechanisms underlying this relationship remain …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 16, 1634-1650, January 1, 2011] 1634 Associations between
adipokines and obesity-related cancer Gilbert Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 16, 1634-1650 …