Omentin as a novel biomarker of metabolic risk factors

BACKGROUND: Omentin is an adipocytokine that is abundantly expressed in visceral fat tissue. We investigated the association of omentin with the number of metabolic risk factors. FINDING: The study population comprised 201 Japanese men who underwent annual health checkups. Plasma omentin levels were...

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Main Authors: Shibata, Rei, Ouchi, Noriyuki, Takahashi, Ryotaro, Terakura, Yuya, Ohashi, Koji, Ikeda, Nobuo, Higuchi, Akiko, Terasaki, Hiroko, Kihara, Shinji, Murohara, Toyoaki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411496/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22835063
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-4-37
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