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ArticleAging2021

Circulating perilipin 2 levels are associated with fat mass, inflammatory and metabolic markers and are higher in women than men.

Maria Conte, Aurelia Santoro, Salvatore Collura, Morena Martucci, Giuseppe Battista, Alberto Bazzocchi, Cristina Morsiani, Federica Sevini, Miriam Capri, Daniela Monti and 2 more

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Article in Aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria ConteDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Aurelia SantoroDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Salvatore ColluraDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Morena MartucciDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giuseppe BattistaDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Alberto BazzocchiDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Cristina MorsianiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Federica SeviniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Miriam CapriDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Daniela MontiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Claudio FranceschiLaboratory of Systems Medicine of Healthy Aging and Department of Applied Mathematics, Lobachevsky University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Stefano SalvioliDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
University of Bologna · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITN. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod · RUUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perilipin 2 (PLIN2) is a protein involved in lipid storage and metabolism in non-adipose tissues. Detectable levels of circulating PLIN2 (cPLIN2) have been reported to be associated with some types of cancer, but no systematic analysis of age-related modifications in cPLIN2 levels has ever been performed. We measured serum cPLIN2 in a group of old people including centenarians in comparison with young subjects and tested possible correlations with parameters of body composition, fat and glucose metabolism, and inflammation. We found that: i. levels of cPLIN2 do not change with age, but women have higher levels of cPLIN2 with respect to men; ii. cPLIN2 levels strongly correlate to BMI, as well as fat and lean mass; iii. cPLIN2 levels strongly correlate with the proinflammatory adipokine leptin. Due to the adipogenic activity of leptin, it is hypothesized that cPLIN2 is affected and possibly regulated by this pleiotropic adipokine. Moreover, these results suggest that cPLIN2 (possibly together with leptin) could be assumed as a proxy for body adiposity.

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Sex CharacteristicsAdipose TissueAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBody CompositionBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansInflammationLeptinLipidsMaleMiddle AgedPerilipin-2BiomarkersLeptinLipidsPerilipin-2body compositioncirculating perilipin 2fat massleptin

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PMID33735111
PMCPMC8034884
OpenAlexW3136525823

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