Clinical review Adiponectin biology and its role in inflammation and critical illness.docVIP

Robinson et al. Critical Care 2011,15:221 /content/15/2/221 RE VIE W Clinical review: Adiponectin biology and its role in in? ammation and critical illness Katherine Robinson* , John Prins and Bala Venkatesh 1 2 3,4 modulation of in? ammation has become increasingly Abstract apparent. ere has therefore been a spate of research Adiponectin is an adipokine ?rst described just over a decade ago. Produced almost exclusively by adipocytes, adiponectin circulates in high concentrations in huma