NAMPT and type 2 diabetes mellitus: We observed that the UWS from T2DM subjects possessed significantly elevated levels of resistin (9.2 ± 2.3 ng/mL) and visfatin (80.2 ± 42.3 ng/mL) as compared to that from control subjects (5.7 ± 1.3 ng/mL and 46.0 ± 17.5 ng/mL, resp).