Adiponectin is a metabolic link between obesity and bone mineral density
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 03:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, have discovered that adiponectin, a protein secreted from adipocytes, is a metabolic link that can explain, in part, the known positive relationship between obesity and both bone mineral density and reduced susceptibility to fractures...