Association of circulating C1q/TNF-related protein 1 levels with coronary artery disease in men.

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Recent evidence demonstrates that dysregulation of fat-derived hormones, also known as adipokines, is linked with the pathogenesis of obesity-related disorders including coronary artery disease (CAD). Here, we investigated whether...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Yuasa, Koji Ohashi, Rei Shibata, Kyosuke Takeshita, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Ryotaro Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Kataoka, Megumi Miyabe, Yusuke Joki, Takahiro Kambara, Yusuke Uemura, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Satoko Hayakawa, Mizuho Hiramatsu-Ito, Masanori Ito, Nobuo Ikeda, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4063765?pdf=render