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Sources of variation of transthyretin in healthy subjects in East and Southeast Asia: Clinical and experimental evidence for the effect of alcohol on transthyretin metabolism.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Jul 2016
Jono Hirofumi, Su Yu, Obayashi Konen, Tanaka Yoko, Ishiguro Akiyo, Nishimura Hitoshi, Shinriki Satoru, Ueda Mitsuharu, Ikeda Katsuyoshi, Yamagata Kazuya, Ichihara Kiyoshi, Ando Yukio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although transthyretin (TTR), a negative acute phase protein, is recognized as one of the nutrition assessment proteins, factors affecting serum TTR concentrations than nutritional state in healthy subjects have not been well understood. We investigated the sources of variation of serum TTR concentrations in healthy subjects. METHODS: Serum samples of 3511 healthy volunteers (2055 of Japanese subjects...
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