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Schematic illustration of large adipose depot (visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue) and small adipose depots (organ- associated adipose tissue). Dual action of adipokines, via endocrine pathway (long arrows) and via paracrine pathway (short arrows) on the adipose tissue-associated organs, is depicted. Modified from Ref. (66).
