Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cha, Jin Joo, Hyun, Young Youl, Jee, Yi Hwa, Lee, Mi Jin, Han, Kum Hyun, Kang, Young Sun, Han, Sang Youb, Cha, Dae Ryong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2012
Materias:
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