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Plasma levels of apelin are reduced in patients with liver fibrosis and cirrhosis but are not correlated with circulating levels of bone morphogenetic protein 9 and 10
BACKGROUND: The peptide apelin is expressed in human healthy livers and is implicated in the development of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. Mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II (BMPR-II) result in reduced plasma levels of apelin in patients with heritable pulmonary arterial h...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Science Inc
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33171278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2020.170440 |