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Human genetics of adiponectin in the metabolic syndrome.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Feb 2006
Yang Wei-Shiung, Chuang Lee-Ming
Abstract excerpt
Adiponectin, an adipose-derived plasma protein, has been well established to be an important biomarker for metabolic syndrome and its complications after exhausted studies in humans. Animal and cell culture experiments also support most claims from human observations of its roles in the metabolic syndrome. Reproducible results of human genetic studies of diverse ethnic origin and by different investigators may...
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