Plasma and adipose tissue level of angiopoietin-like 7 (ANGPTL7) are increased in obesity and reduced after physical exercise.

ANGPTL7 is a member of the Angiopoietin-like (ANGPTL) protein family that is composed of eight proteins (1-8). Increasing evidence is associating ANGPTL proteins to obesity and insulin resistance. The biological role of ANGPTL7 is yet to be understood except for a recently proposed role in the patho...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Abu-Farha, Preethi Cherian, Irina Al-Khairi, Dhanya Madhu, Ali Tiss, Samia Warsam, Asma Alhubail, Devarajan Sriraman, Faisal Al-Refaei, Jehad Abubaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5338794?pdf=render