ea0007p50 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | BES2004
Baker A
, Quinn D
, Silva N
, McTernan C
, Harte A
, Bonser R
, Kumar S
, McTernan P
Chronic sub-clinical inflammation is associated with increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease and is particularly observed in patients that have undergone CABG. Resistin, a novel adipocyte derived protein, has been linked with central adiposity, insulin resistance and sub-clinical inflammation and may mediate both systemic and local paracrine pro-inflammatory responses in vivo. As such we investigated serum resistin from CABG patients and examined whether e...