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Thyroid Nodules and Obesity
2023-05-12
Abstract excerpt
A widely discussed topic in the pathophysiology of thyroid nodules is the role of obesity that leads to increased systemic inflammatory markers. Leptin plays a vital role in forming thyroid nodules and cancer through several mechanisms. Together with chronic inflammation, there is an augmentation in the secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and cytokines interleukin 6 (IL-6), contributing to cancer development,...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2744837b-d6ff-576a-a33d-ddb39ac6acb6
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202305.0882.v1