Definition: 'Adipokine'
adipokine
Type: TermPronunciation: ad′i-pō-kīn
Definitions:
1. A cytokine (tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6) produced by adipose tissue and acting locally in an autocrine-paracrine fashion or systemically as a hormone.
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