ea0011p224 | Cytokines and growth factors | ECE2006
Rasic Z
, Perunicic G
, Gluvic Z
, Tica J
, Pavicevic M
Recent studies revealed that the elevated tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) serum levels were associated with body fat, especially visceral adiposity, in obese healthy subjects. We investigated the relationship between circulating TNF-alpha and IL-6, parameters of body fatness, and the metabolic syndrome in chronic renal failure maintenance hemodialysis patients.Methods: We explored the relationships between fatness and vis...