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Possible Impairment of Transcardiac Utilization of Adiponectin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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2004

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Masato Furuhashi, Nobuyuki Ura, Norihito Moniwa, Yasuyuki Shinshi, Hidemichi Kouzu, Masahiro Nishihara, Nobuaki Kokubu, Toru Takahashi, Kenji Sakamoto, Manabu Hayashi,
Diabetes Care

Abstract

Diabetic patients not only have a decreased adiponectin level in the basal state compared with nondiabetic patients but also have impaired utilization of adiponectin in the coronary artery and/or the heart, which may promote the development of atherosclerosis.

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