Low serum galectin-3 concentrations are associated with insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: Galectin-3 is a family of soluble beta-galactoside-binding lectins that play many important regulatory roles in inflammation. Galectin-3-deficient mice have been shown to exhibit excess adiposity, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and systemic inflammation. We investigated the associatio...

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Autores principales: Ohkura, Tsuyoshi, Fujioka, Youhei, Nakanishi, Risa, Shiochi, Hideki, Sumi, Keisuke, Yamamoto, Naoya, Matsuzawa, Kazuhiko, Izawa, Shoichiro, Ohkura, Hiroko, Ueta, Etsuko, Kato, Masahiko, Miyoshi, Eiji, Taniguchi, Shin-ichi, Yamamoto, Kazuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25302080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-6-106

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