Table 1.

Association between several medical conditions and visfatin

Medical Condition	Visfatin
Atherosclerosis	Increased serum levels [10,31] Increased expression in instable plaques [31]
Endothelial dysfunction	Increased serum levels [18]
Cardioprotection	Reduces infarct area [36]
Metabolic Syndrome	Controversial, Increased serum levels [34]
Adiponectin	Controversial [18,27]
Hepatic Fat Disease	Diminished serum levels in steatohepatitis [16] Increased serum levels with progressive portal inflammation [17]
Tumoral replication	Visfatin antagonist being tested [19]
Acute lung injury	Increased serum levels [15]
Renal insufficiency	Increased serum levels [18]
Beta cell function impairment	Increased serum levels [10,22,23,28,29]
Insulin resistance	No correlation [20,22,23]
Insulin-mimetic effect	Controversial, no effect [5,10,15-20,22-24,27-29]
Diabetes	Controversial [18,23,27,28]
Obesity	Increased serum levels [20,22]
Visceral Fat	Controversial, no correlation [5,15-20,27]
Vascular smooth muscle	Promotes inflammation [32]