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“Role of the adipocyte hormone leptin in cardiovascular diseases – a study from Chennai based Population”

BACKGROUND: Obesity is currently regarded as a pro-inflammatory condition during which leptin (Ob gene product) might act as a risk factor for Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) including Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). There is a marked increase in circulating leptin concentrations and inflammatory m...

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Autores principales: Nalini, Devarajan, Karthick, Rajendran, Shirin, Vijay, Manohar, Ganesan, Malathi, Raghunathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25762868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12959-015-0042-4