Nevertheless, resistin has primarily been shown to be relevant to inflammation-related diseases like atherosclerosis and arthritis [33] and may have a role in the regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines’ (IL-6 and TNF-α) expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) via NF-κB pathway [33,34]. This evidence concerns the gene NFKB1 and atherosclerosis.