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Plasma leptin concentrations are greater in type II diabetic patients and stimulate monocyte chemotactic peptide-1 synthesis via the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway
BACKGROUND: Leptin is an adipokine that is recently reported to be a biomarker of systemic inflammation. Although atherosclerosis causes cardiovascular diseases, it is not clear whether leptin contributes to the acceleration of this process. In this study, we investigated whether alterations of plas...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26894024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.krcp.2012.06.004 |