Inflammatory Adipokines, High Molecular Weight Adiponectin, and Insulin Resistance: A Population-Based Survey in Prepubertal Schoolchildren

Giuseppe Murdolo; Bettina Nowotny; Federica Celi; Miranda Donati; Vittorio Bini; Francesco Papi; Gabi Gornitzka; Serena Castellani; Michael Roden; Adriano Falorni; Christian Herder; Alberto Falorni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017264

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Inflammatory Adipokines, High Molecular Weight Adiponectin, and Insulin Resistance: A Population-Based Survey in Prepubertal Schoolchildren

Giuseppe Murdolo ,

* E-mail: gmurdolo@tiscalinet.it

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Bettina Nowotny,

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Federica Celi,

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Miranda Donati,

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Vittorio Bini,

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Francesco Papi,

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Gabi Gornitzka,

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Serena Castellani,

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Michael Roden,

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Clinics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Adriano Falorni,

Affiliation Section of Pediatrics, Department of Surgical Sciences and Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Christian Herder,

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Alberto Falorni

Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy
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Inflammatory Adipokines, High Molecular Weight Adiponectin, and Insulin Resistance: A Population-Based Survey in Prepubertal Schoolchildren

Giuseppe Murdolo,
Bettina Nowotny,
Federica Celi,
Miranda Donati,
Vittorio Bini,
Francesco Papi,
Gabi Gornitzka,
Serena Castellani,
Michael Roden,
Adriano Falorni

Published: February 18, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017264

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Publisher's Note: Missing equal contributions

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The aim of this study was to investigate sex differences and associations of high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin, leptin and proinflammatory adipokines, individually or in combinations, with adiposity and insulin resistance (IR) measures in prepubertal childhood.
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The 1st and 2nd authors are missing equal contribution assignment; Giuseppe Murdolo and Bettina Nowotny contributed equally to this study. The 11th and 12th authors, Christian Herder and Alberto Falorni, shared senior authorship.

No competing interests declared.

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