homeostasis/metabolism
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• mice exhibit normal glucose homeostasis and response to a high fat diet
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• beta oxidization is decreased 47% in muscle cells and 30% in hepatocytes compared to in wild-type mice
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• nitric oxide production is decreased 40% compared to in wild-type mice
• however, treatment with human recombinant adiponectin restores nitric oxide levels to near normal
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• adiponectin is virtually undetectable in the plasma unlike in wild-type mice
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cellular
• ex vivo, adhesion of aortic endothelium to formyl-Met-Leu-Phe-activated human monocytic cells is increased compared to heterozygous and wild-type endothelium
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• beta oxidization is decreased 47% in muscle cells and 30% in hepatocytes compared to in wild-type mice
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immune system
• mice exhibit a 2-fold increase in rolling leukocytes in peri-intestinal venules compared to in wild-type mice
• however, total leukocyte counts are normal
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• leukocyte rolling velocity is decreased compared to in heterozygous and wild type mice
• leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium is increased 5-fold compared in wild-type cells
• however, leukocyte physiology is normalized by treatment with human recombinant adiponectin
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cardiovascular system
• ex vivo, adhesion of aortic endothelium to formyl-Met-Leu-Phe-activated human monocytic cells is increased compared to heterozygous and wild-type endothelium
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hematopoietic system
• mice exhibit a 2-fold increase in rolling leukocytes in peri-intestinal venules compared to in wild-type mice
• however, total leukocyte counts are normal
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• leukocyte rolling velocity is decreased compared to in heterozygous and wild type mice
• leukocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium is increased 5-fold compared in wild-type cells
• however, leukocyte physiology is normalized by treatment with human recombinant adiponectin
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