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Pro-Inflammatory Adipokines as Predictors of Incident Cancers in a Chinese Cohort of Low Obesity Prevalence in Hong Kong

BACKGROUND: Cytokines released from adipose tissues induce chronic low-grade inflammation, which may enhance cancer development. We investigated whether indices of obesity and circulating adipokine levels could predict incident cancer risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This longitudinal community-based st...

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Autores principales: Yeung, Chun-Yip, Tso, Annette Wai-Kwan, Xu, Aimin, Wang, Yu, Woo, Yu-Cho, Lam, Tai-Hing, Lo, Su-Vui, Fong, Carol Ho-Yee, Wat, Nelson Ming-Sang, Woo, Jean, Cheung, Bernard Man-Yung, Lam, Karen Siu-Ling
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/PMC3813474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24205276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078594