adipokine

Agents structurally similar to cytokines, secreted by adipocytes.

Specific

adiponectin; 30 kD adipocyte complement-related protein; adipocyte complement-related 30 kD protein; ACRP30; adipocyte, C1q & collagen domain-containing protein; adipose most abundant gene transcript 1 protein; apM-1; Gelatin-binding protein (ADIPOQ, ACDC, ACRP30, APM1, GBP28) leptin; obesity factor; obese protein (LEP, OB, OBS) resistin; adipose tissue-specific secretory factor; ADSF; C/EBP-epsilon-regulated myeloid-specific secreted cysteine-rich protein; cysteine-rich secreted protein A12-alpha-like 2; cysteine-rich secreted protein FIZZ3 (RETN, FIZZ3, HXCP1, RSTN, UNQ407/PRO1199)

Properties

COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment