ea0007oc37 | Diabetes and metabolism | BES2004
Kusminski C
, McTernan P
, Fisher F
, Valsamakis G
, Chetty R
, Harte A
, Kumar S
Chronic sub-clinical inflammation is associated with both type 2 diabetes and related vascular complications which is coupled with pro-inflammatory markers, such as IL-6, TNF-alpha and C-reactive protein (CRP). Resistin is the latest protein to be linked with inflammation and insulin resistance in obesity. Adipose tissue has been previously established as a source of circulating resistin, TNF-alpha and IL-6. As our previous studies demonstrated a correlation between serum resi...