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PBEF1

MIM.608764

Monday 29 August 2005

Visfatin (pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor 1, PBEF1) is one of adipokines and appears to be preferentially produced by visceral adipose tissue and has insulin-mimetic actions.

References

- Sethi JK, Vidal-Puig A. Visfatin: the missing link between intra-abdominal obesity and diabetes? Trends Mol Med. 2005 Aug;11(8):344-7. PMID: 16005682