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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Chemerin Isoforms and Activity in Obesity.

Christa Buechler, Susanne Feder, Elisabeth M Haberl, Charalampos Aslanidis

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
104citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Chemerin/ChemerinR1 axis and inflammation-related diseases.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026
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  17. Weight of time: exploring the link between obesity and aging.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025
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44 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christa BuechlerDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Hospital, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. christa.buechler@klinik.uni-regensburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-5635-3994
Susanne FederDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Hospital, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. susanne.feder@klinik.uni-regensburg.de.
Elisabeth M HaberlDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Hospital, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. haberl.elisabeth@gmx.de.
Charalampos AslanidisInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Regensburg University Hospital, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. charalampos.aslanidis@klinik.uni-regensburg.de.
University Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft BU 1141/7-1 and BU 1141/13-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overweight and adiposity are risk factors for several diseases, like type 2 diabetes and cancer. White adipose tissue is a major source for adipokines, comprising a diverse group of proteins exerting various functions. Chemerin is one of these proteins whose systemic levels are increased in obesity. Chemerin is involved in different physiological and pathophysiological processes and it regulates adipogenesis, insulin sensitivity, and immune response, suggesting a vital role in metabolic health. The majority of serum chemerin is biologically inert. Different proteases are involved in the C-terminal processing of chemerin and generate diverse isoforms that vary in their activity. Distribution of chemerin variants was analyzed in adipose tissues and plasma of lean and obese humans and mice. The Tango bioassay, which is suitable to monitor the activation of the beta-arrestin 2 pathway, was used to determine the ex-vivo activation of chemerin receptors by systemic chemerin. Further, the expression of the chemerin receptors was analyzed in adipose tissue, liver, and skeletal muscle. Present investigations assume that increased systemic chemerin in human obesity is not accompanied by higher biologic activity. More research is needed to fully understand the pathways that control chemerin processing and chemerin signaling.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueAnimalsChemokinesHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIsoenzymesObesityChemokinesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIsoenzymesRARRES2 protein, humanbiologic activitychemerin receptorsproteolysisTango bioassay

Identifiers

PMID30841637
PMCPMC6429392
OpenAlexW2919048656

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