Fat cells are more than just an energy store of the human body. Rather, adipose tissue is an active endocrinological organ whose hormones influence and control food intake and utilization in a variety of ways.

Mediagnost offers well-validated enzyme-linked sorbant assays for a variety of adipokines and related proteins.

The species specificity of the antibodies used varies, so that the test systems offered by Mediagnost for the detection of human hormones partly also recognize the homologous animal proteins. An overview of the cross reactivities can be found in the following PDF.