results: At baseline, plasma chemerin was significantly higher in patients with the MetS as defined by the current harmonized consensus definition (n=147) than in non-MetS subjects (201±71 ng/ml versus 163±62 ng/ml p<0.001) and was inversely correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR; r=-0.33, p<0.001). During follow-up, chemerin significantly predicted cardiovascular events (n=...

Adipokines are a large group of polypeptide hormones secreted by white adipose tissue able to interact through different receptors with several organs, including liver, central nervous system and gonads. In this review, we will focus on the adipokines that mediate their effects G protein-coupled receptors, namely apelin chemerin. Firstly, review structure (APJ for apelin, CMKLR1, GPR1 CCRL2 che...

OBJECTIVES We have previously shown that overweight may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in autoantibody positive individuals. Adipose tissue could contribute to the development of RA by production of various bioactive peptides. Therefore, we examined levels of adipokines in serum and synovial tissue of subjects at risk of RA. METHODS Fifty-one individuals positive fo...

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are versatile cells of the immune response, secreting type I IFNs and differentiating into potent immunogenic or tolerogenic APCs. pDCs can express adhesion and chemokine receptors for lymphoid tissues, but are also recruited by unknown mechanisms during tissue inflammation. We use a novel mAb specific for serpentine chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1) to eval...

The excessive accumulation of adipose tissue in obesity is associated with multiple inflammatory dermatological diseases. Chemerin, a chemoattractant adipokine, dependent on proteolytical activation, is highly expressed in skin. Different proteases have been reported to activate prochemerin, but none is inherently expressed in human skin. In the present study, we identified a tissue-specific pr...

Background: Attempts have been made to recognize noninvasive markers for the identification of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Chemerin is a newly defined adipokine linked insulin resistance and adipogenesis. Objective: This study intended evaluate diagnostic ability serum chemerin compared with NAFLD fibrosis score as marker diagnosis grading NAFLD. Patients methods: We enrolled 6...

Viral diseases of the respiratory tract, which include influenza pandemic, children acute bronchiolitis, and viral pneumonia of the elderly, represent major health problems. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells play an important role in anti-viral immunity, and these cells were recently shown to express ChemR23, the receptor for the chemoattractant protein chemerin, which is expressed by epithelial cel...