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T Regulatory Lymphocytes and Endothelial Function in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a low-grade inflammatory disease affecting the cardiovascular and metabolic systems. Increasing OSA severity reduces T-regulatory lymphocytes (Tregs) in OSA children. Since Tregs modulate endothelial activation, and attenuate insulin resistance, we hypoth...

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Autores principales: Tan, Hui-Leng, Gozal, David, Samiei, Arash, Bhattacharjee, Rakesh, Wang, Yang, Ramirez, Helena Molero, Bandla, Hari P. R., Kulkarni, Richa, Kheirandish-Gozal, Leila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069710