The Special Issue "Pathogenetic and Therapeutic Significance of Adipokines in Diabetes" focused on adipokines as shared diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for both obesity and type 2 diabetes. Experts discussed the pathological role of adipokines in their studies associated with diabetes. It provided new insights into the role of adipokines in diabetes. In this commentary and review, these studies will be summarized and the novel roles of adipokines will be discussed. This will also confirm the role of adipokines as biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction, and as therapeutic targets of diabetes and its related pathogenic phenomena.
Keywords: adipokines; biomarkers; diabetes; diagnosis; prediction; therapeutic targets.