Epidemiological studies have shown that obesity is associated with increased blood concentrations of proinflammatory factors and markers of endothelial dysfunction such as fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP), and vonWillebrand factor (vWF)...
Keywords: obesity, adipose tissue, inflammation, leptin, insulin resistance
06/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerProlactin and leptin are newly recognised platelet co-stimulators due to potentiation of ADP-induced platelet aggregation...
Keywords: platelets, CD62p, Stroke, prolactin, leptin
07/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerThe role of leptin during the progression of osteoporosis was investigated in ovariectomized rats by correlation of serum leptin levels with N-telopeptide of collagen type I (NTx) and osteocalcin levels before ovariectomy and 20, 40 and 60 days after the operation...
Keywords: leptin, N-telopeptide of collagen type I (NTx), osteocalcin, Osteoporosis, ovariectomy
12/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter