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Plasma Fetuin-A Levels and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE—The liver-secreted protein fetuin-A induces insulin resistance in animals, and circulating fetuin-A is elevated in insulin resistance and fatty liver in humans. We investigated whether plasma fetuin-A levels predict the incidence of type 2 diabetes in a large prospective, population-based...

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Autores principales: Stefan, Norbert, Fritsche, Andreas, Weikert, Cornelia, Boeing, Heiner, Joost, Hans-Georg, Häring, Hans-Ulrich, Schulze, Matthias B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18633113
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db08-0538