Relationship of irisin expression with metabolic alterations and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a preliminary study.
Vanessa Lopes MathiaMaria Isabel Sacchi MendonçaDiogo Pimenta SimõesMatheus Moreira PerezBeatriz da Costa Aguiar Alves ReisJéssica Freitas Araújo EncinasJoyce Regina Santos RaimundoCatherine Giovanna Costas ArciaNeif MuradFernando Luiz Affonso FonsecaGlaucia Raquel Luciano da VeigaPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2023)
The data suggests that body mass index directly influences plasma irisin levels and the regulation of irisin gene expression, possibly linking irisin to adiposity changes observed in obesity-related type 2 diabetes mellitus.