Serum Levels of FGF-21 Are Increased in Coronary Heart Disease Patients and Are Independently Associated with Adverse Lipid Profile - Concepedia

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Serum Levels of FGF-21 Are Increased in Coronary Heart Disease Patients and Are Independently Associated with Adverse Lipid Profile

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2010

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Zhuofeng Lin, Zhen Wu, Xiaojing Yin, Yanlong Liu, Xinxin Yan, Shaoqiang Lin, Jian Xiao, Xiaojie Wang, Wenke Feng, Xiaokun Li

Abstract

High levels of FGF-21 are associated with adverse lipid profiles in CHD patients. The paradoxical increase of serum FGF-21 in CHD patients may indicate a compensatory response or resistance to FGF-21.

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