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Obesity
Study results from University of Southern Denmark, Medical Biotechnology Center in the area of obesity published
December 11th, 2006
A report, "Surfactant protein D of the innate immune defence is inversely associated with human obesity and SP-D deficiency infers increased body weight in mice," is newly published data in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. According to recent research from Odense, Denmark, "Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a key regulator of pathogen-induced inflammation. SP-D is further involved in lipid homeostasis in mouse lung and circulation and recent data have demonstrated that the body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) is influenced by genes in common with SP-D." "The objective of the present study was to describe the association between serum SP-D and weight, waist...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-12-11)
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