RBP4: a controversial adipokine

Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ

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Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes

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The lipocalin protein family: structure and function

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Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ

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Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Insulin Resistance in Lean, Obese, and Diabetic Subjects

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Adipose-selective targeting of the GLUT4 gene impairs insulin action in muscle and liver

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Insulin-sensitive obesity

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Androgens Decrease Plasma Adiponectin, an Insulin-Sensitizing Adipocyte-Derived Protein

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A Membrane Receptor for Retinol Binding Protein Mediates Cellular Uptake of Vitamin A

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Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ

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Serum Retinol-Binding Protein Is More Highly Expressed in Visceral than in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue and Is a Marker of Intra-abdominal Fat Mass

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Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein-4 Concentrations Are Elevated in Human Subjects With Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Type 2 Diabetes

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Contribution of androgens to the gender difference in leptin production in obese children and adolescents.

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 in Human Obesity

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Linkage of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and of Age at Onset to a Genetic Location on Chromosome 10q in Mexican Americans

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Retinoids and retinoid-binding protein expression in rat adipocytes.

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Reduction of Elevated Serum Retinol Binding Protein in Obese Children by Lifestyle Intervention: Association with Subclinical Inflammation

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Serum Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Is Reduced after Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Subjects

Haider, D. G., Schindler, K., Prager, G., Bohdjalian, A., Luger, A., Wolzt, M., & Ludvik, B. H. (2006) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.2006-1839 · Cited by 216 · see citing works

Retinol Binding Protein 4 Expression in Humans: Relationship to Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, and Response to Pioglitazone

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High Circulating Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Is Associated With Elevated Liver Fat but Not With Total, Subcutaneous, Visceral, or Intramyocellular Fat in Humans

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Elevated Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Levels Are Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese People

Qi, Q., Yu, Z., Ye, X., Zhao, F., Huang, P., Hu, F. B., Franco, O. H., Wang, J., Li, H., Liu, Y., et al. (2007) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.2007-1219 · Cited by 209 · see citing works

Endocrinology of Adipose Tissue - An Update

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Retinol Binding Protein-4 Levels and Clinical Features of Type 2 Diabetes Patients

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A Genome-Wide Scan for Loci Linked to Plasma Levels of Glucose and HbA1c in a Community-Based Sample of Caucasian Pedigrees

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Adipocytokines and Insulin Resistance

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Plasma retinol binding protein: structure and function of the prototypic lipocalin

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Retinol-binding protein 4 is associated with components of the metabolic syndrome, but not with insulin resistance, in men with type 2 diabetes or coronary artery disease

von Eynatten, M., Lepper, P. M., Liu, D., Lang, K., Baumann, M., Nawroth, P. P., Bierhaus, A., Dugi, K. A., Heemann, U. W., Allolio, B., et al. (2007) · Diabetologia · doi:10.1007/s00125-007-0743-8 · Cited by 171 · see citing works

Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Is Associated with Insulin Resistance and Body Fat Distribution in Nonobese Subjects without Type 2 Diabetes

Gavi, S., Stuart, L. M., Kelly, P., Meléndez, M. M., Mynarcik, D. C., Gelato, M. C., & McNurlan, M. A. (2007) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.2006-1815 · Cited by 167 · see citing works

Serum Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Concentration and Its Ratio to Serum Retinol Are Associated with Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Components in Children

Herter‐Aeberli, I., Biebinger, R., Lehmann, R., l’Allemand, D., Spinas, G. A., & Zimmermann, M. B. (2007) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1210/jc.2007-0468 · Cited by 149 · see citing works

Circulating Retinol-Binding Protein-4, Insulin Sensitivity, Insulin Secretion, and Insulin Disposition Index in Obese and Nonobese Subjects

Broch, M., Vendrell, J. J., Ricart, W., Richart, C., & Fernández‐Real, J. M. (2007) · Diabetes Care · doi:10.2337/dc06-2034 · Cited by 149 · see citing works

Prevalence and risk factors of metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents: the role of the severity of obesity

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Retinoid receptors, transporters, and metabolizers as therapeutic targets in late onset Alzheimer disease

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Association of Serum Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Visceral Adiposity in Chinese Subjects with and without Type 2 Diabetes

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Association of serum retinol binding protein 4 and insulin resistance in apparently healthy adolescents

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Retinol‐binding protein‐4 attenuates insulin‐induced phosphorylation of IRS1 and ERK1/2 in primary human adipocytes

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Central Adiposity Rather Than Total Adiposity Measurements Are Specifically Involved in the Inflammatory Status from Healthy Young Adults

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Retinol, α-tocopherol and carotenoids in diabetes

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The interaction of retinol-binding protein with its plasma-membrane receptor.

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Circulating retinol-binding protein 4, cardiovascular risk factors and prevalent cardiovascular disease in elderly

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Identification of a regulatory SNP in the retinol binding protein 4 gene associated with type 2 diabetes in Mongolia

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Evidence That Kidney Function but Not Type 2 Diabetes Determines Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Serum Levels

Henze, A., Frey, S. K., Raila, J., Tepel, M., Scholze, A., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Weickert, M. O., Spranger, J., & Schweigert�, F. J. (2008) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/db08-0866 · Cited by 109 · see citing works

Cloning and sequencing of a full length cDNA coding for human retinol-binding protein

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Resistance Exercise Did Not Alter Intramuscular Adipose Tissue but Reduced Retinol-binding Protein-4 Concentration in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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RBP‐to‐retinol ratio, but not total RBP, is elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes

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Relation between retinol, retinol-binding protein 4, transthyretin and carotid intima media thickness

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Plasma Levels and Adipose Tissue Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression of Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Are Reduced during Calorie Restriction in Obese Subjects but Are Not Related to Diet-Induced Changes in Insulin Sensitivity

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Decreased clearance of serum retinol-binding protein and elevated levels of transthyretin in insulin-resistantob/obmice

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Effects of Genetic Variation in the Human Retinol Binding Protein-4 Gene (RBP4) on Insulin Resistance and Fat Depot–Specific mRNA Expression

Kovacs, P. L., Geyer, M., Berndt, J., Klöting, N., Graham, T. E., Böttcher, Y., Enigk, B., Tönjes, A., Schleinitz, D., Schön, M. R., et al. (2007) · Diabetes · doi:10.2337/db06-1647 · Cited by 93 · see citing works

Raised Serum, Adipocyte, and Adipose Tissue Retinol-Binding Protein 4 in Overweight Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Effects of Gonadal and Adrenal Steroids

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Insulin Resistance Is Unrelated to Circulating Retinol Binding Protein and Protein C Inhibitor

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Retinol binding protein 4 as a candidate gene for type 2 diabetes and prediabetic intermediate traits

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Its Relation to Insulin Resistance in Obese Children before and after Weight Loss

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Visceral Adiposity Is Associated with Serum Retinol Binding Protein‐4 Levels in Healthy Women

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Serum Levels of Adipokine Retinol-Binding Protein-4 in Relation to Renal Function

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Vitamin A (retinol) status of first nation adults with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

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Differentiation-dependent expression of retinoid-binding proteins in BFC-1 beta adipocytes.

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Characterization of two post-translationally processed forms of human serum retinol-binding protein: altered ratios in chronic renal failure.

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Prediction of Incident Coronary Events in Healthy Men and Women

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Elevated serum RBP4 is associated with insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 in Twins

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Lipocalin-2 in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: When Children Are Not Just “Small Adults”

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Association of serum levels of retinol-binding protein 4 with male sex but not with insulin resistance in obese patients

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Case-Control Analysis of SNPs in GLUT4, RBP4 and STRA6: Association of SNPs in STRA6 with Type 2 Diabetes in a South Indian Population

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Regulatory SNP in the RBP4 Gene Modified the Expression in Adipocytes and Associated With BMI

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Serum adipocyte fatty acid–binding protein, retinol-binding protein 4, and adiponectin concentrations in relation to the development of the metabolic syndrome in Korean boys: a 3-y prospective cohort study

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Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is primarily associated with adipose tissue mass in children

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Combined Impact of Adiponectin and Retinol‐binding Protein 4 on Metabolic Syndrome in Elderly People: The Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging

Lim, S. K., Yoon, J. W., Choi, S. H., Park, Y. J., Lee, J. J., Park, J. H., Lee, S. B., Kim, K. W., Lim, J., Kim, Y., et al. (2009) · Obesity · doi:10.1038/oby.2009.232 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Retinol‐binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Protein Expression Is Increased in Omental Adipose Tissue of Severely Obese Patients

Kelly, K. R., Kashyap, S. R., O’Leary, V. B., Major, J. A., Schauer, P. R., & Kirwan, J. P. (2009) · Obesity · doi:10.1038/oby.2009.328 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Retinol-binding protein 4 expression in visceral and subcutaneous fat in human obesity

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Metabolic Syndrome in Pediatrics: Old Concepts Revised, New Concepts Discussed

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Abdominal Visceral Fat Reduction Is Associated with Favorable Changes of Serum Retinol Binding Protein-4 in Nondiabetic Subjects

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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome—Association with Steroid Hormones and Response to Pioglitazone Treatment

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Retinol-binding protein 4 is associated with impaired glucose tolerance but not with whole body or hepatic insulin resistance in Mexican Americans

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Circulating Retinol-Binding Protein-4 Concentration Might Reflect Insulin Resistance–Associated Iron Overload

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RBP4 variants are significantly associated with plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia risk in Chinese Hans

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Serum retinol binding protein 4 level is related with renal functions in Type 2 diabetes

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Elevation of plasma retinol-binding protein 4 and reduction of plasma adiponectin in subjects with cerebral infarction

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Over-expression of GLUT4 selectively in adipose tissue in transgenic mice: Implications for nutrient partitioning

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