Adiponectin has been shown to involve myocardial ischemic postconditioning (IPo)-mediated cardioprotection against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion (IR) injury in rodents via both AMPK-dependent nuclear and AMPK-independent mitochondrial signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 activation [61]. This evidence concerns the gene ADIPOQ and myocardial ischemia.