To study the local role of adipo/cytokines in atherosclerosis, we evaluated the presence of adiponectin, visfatin, lipocalin-2, resistin, IL-6 and TNFR2 in secretomes of the unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaque and non-atherosclerotic mammary artery tissue cultures (Table 2). Here, NAMPT is linked to atherosclerosis.