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Obesity and Diabetes Genetics

Recent findings in obesity and diabetes genetics described by researchers from Karolinska University, Karolinska Institute

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 18th, 2009

New investigation results, 'Serum retinol-binding protein concentration and its association with components of the uremic metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5,' are detailed in a study published in American Journal of Nephrology. "Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with insulin resistance also in the absence of overt diabetes mellitus. The liver-derived transport protein retinol-binding protein (RBP) has recently been proposed as a novel adipokine involved in the metabolism of glucose," scientists in Stockholm, Sweden report.

"Although RBP is elevated in type 2 diabetics with mild CKD, its role in advanced CKD is...

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