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adipolin

adipolin noun: a particular adipokine, encoded in humans by the FAM132A gene.

Noun

adipolin (uncountable)

  1. A particular adipokine, encoded in humans by the FAM132A gene.
    • Other adipocytokines are: secreted frizzled-related protein 5 (Sfrp-5) and adipolin.2015 July 8, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Abdollahi, “Targeting metabolic disorders by natural products”, in Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, volume 14, →DOI

Questions about adipolin

What does adipolin mean?
Adipolin means a particular adipokine, encoded in humans by the FAM132A gene.
What part of speech is adipolin?
Adipolin is a noun.

Words near adipolin in the dictionary

  1. adipokinesis
  2. adipokinetic
  3. adipokinic
  4. adipokinin
  5. adipokinins
  6. adipolin
  7. adipolysis
  8. adipolytic
  9. adipoma
  10. adipomas
  11. adipomata

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