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Association between the A-2518G polymorphism in the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene and insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetologia - 1 Sept 2004
Simeoni E, Hoffmann M M, Winkelmann B R, Ruiz J, Fleury S, Boehm B O, März W, Vassalli G
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The molecular mechanisms of obesity-related insulin resistance are incompletely understood. Macrophages accumulate in adipose tissue of obese individuals. In obesity, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a key chemokine in the process of macrophage accumulation, is overexp...
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