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Plasma resistin concentration determined by common variants in the resistin gene and associated with metabolic traits in an aged Japanese population.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2010
Asano H, Izawa H, Nagata K, Nakatochi M, Kobayashi M, Hirashiki A, Shintani S, Nishizawa T, Tanimura D, Naruse K, Matsubara T, Murohara T, Yokota M
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Resistin is a cytokine derived from adipose tissue and is implicated in obesity-related insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Polymorphisms of the resistin gene (RETN) have been shown to affect the plasma resistin concentration. The aims of this study were to identify...
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