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Does bariatric surgery influence plasma levels of fetuin-A and leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?

BACKGROUND: Fetuin-A and leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 (LECT-2) are liver-derived proteins. Fetuin-A is an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obese patients with T2D have higher plasma fetuin-A levels than those without T2D. LECT-2 has positive correlation with the severity...

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Autores principales: Huang, Hsien-Hao, Yeh, Chun, Chen, Jung-Chien, Lee, Tzong-Hsi, Chen, Shu-Chun, Lee, Wei-Jei, Chen, Chih-Yen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29910974
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4884