From: Novel targets for potential therapeutic use in Diabetes mellitus
Types of Visfatin in different Human Tissues | |||
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Tissue or cell | Type of Visfatin | Method of Determination | References |
Subcutaneous adipose tissue | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR | [92] |
Visceral adipose tissue | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR | [93] |
Macrophages | Visfatin protein | Immunohistochemistry | [94] |
3T3-L1 cell line | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR, Immunohistochemistry | [95] |
Monocytes | Visfatin protein | Immunohistochemistry | [96] |
Lymphocytes | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR | [97] |
Skeletal muscle | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR | [92] |
Placenta | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR | [89] |
Fetal membranes | Visfatin protein | Northern blot | [98] |
GI (colonic epithelium) | Visfatin mRNA | RT-PCR | [94] |
Synovial fluid | Visfatin protein | ELISA | [99] |
Plasma | Visfatin protein | ELISA, RIA | [100] |