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Plasma leptin and insulin-like growth factor I levels during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have provided evidence for a link between leptin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) mediates the metabolic effects of growth hormone (GH). The GH axis is believed to be suppressed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). T...

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Autores principales: Kythreotis, Prokopis, Kokkini, Ageliki, Avgeropoulou, Stavrina, Hadjioannou, Argyro, Anastasakou, Efgenia, Rasidakis, Antonis, Bakakos, Petros
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19344528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-9-11