Gender disparity in HCC: Is it the fat and not the sex?

Men are more likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than women, but it is not clear why. In this issue of JEM, Manieri et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20181288) identify reduced adiponectin levels as responsible for the increased incidence of HCC in males.

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Autor principal: Greten, Tim F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6504214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31000682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20190441
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spelling pubmed-65042142019-11-06 Gender disparity in HCC: Is it the fat and not the sex? Greten, Tim F. J Exp Med News Men are more likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than women, but it is not clear why. In this issue of JEM, Manieri et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20181288) identify reduced adiponectin levels as responsible for the increased incidence of HCC in males. Rockefeller University Press 2019-05-06 2019-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6504214/ /pubmed/31000682 http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20190441 Text en © 2019 Greten http://www.rupress.org/terms/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms/). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 International license, as described at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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title_short Gender disparity in HCC: Is it the fat and not the sex?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6504214/
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