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Growth differentiation factor-15 and the association between type 2 diabetes and liver fibrosis in NAFLD

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a strong risk factor for liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It remains uncertain why T2DM increases the risk of liver fibrosis. It has been suggested that growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) concentrations increase the ri...

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Autores principales: Bilson, Josh, Scorletti, Eleonora, Bindels, Laure B., Afolabi, Paul R., Targher, Giovanni, Calder, Philip C., Sethi, Jaswinder K., Byrne, Christopher D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8523689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34663793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41387-021-00170-3