[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 …

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 …

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

Obesity constitutes one of the most important metabolic diseases being associated to insulin
resistance development and increased cardiovascular risk. Association between obesity …

The prevalence of obesity, defined as a BMI of≥ 30· 0 kg/m2, has increased substantially
over previous decades to about 20% in industrialized countries, and a further increase is …

The incidence of obesity in the Western world has increased dramatically during the recent
decades. Epidemiological data suggest that obesity is associated with an increased risk of …

Obesity is considered a chronic inflammatory state characterized by continued secretion of
adipokines and cytokines. Experimental and epidemiological evidence indicates that …

Background Obesity can influence on carcinogenesis through alterations in adipokines and
subsequent inflammatory changes. This meta-analysis was aimed to comprehensively …

The increasing incidence of obesity and its co-morbid conditions poses a great challenge to
global health. In addition to cardiovascular disease and diabetes, epidemiological data …

Background There is a well established link between obesity and cancer. Emerging
research is characterising this relationship further and delineating the specific role of excess …