Plasma concentrations of osteopontin, but not thrombin-cleaved osteopontin, are associated with the presence and severity of nephropathy and coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to assess possible associations between osteopontin (OPN), and thrombin-cleaved (N-half) OPN, and nephropathy and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: Plasma levels of OPN, N-half OPN, an...

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Autores principales: Yan, Xiaoxiang, Sano, Motoaki, Lu, Lin, Wang, Wei, Zhang, Qi, Zhang, Ruiyan, Wang, Lingjie, Chen, Qiujing, Fukuda, Keiichi, Shen, Weifeng
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-9-70

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-9-70

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