Insulin Resistance Is Unrelated to Circulating Retinol Binding Protein and Protein C Inhibitor
Author(s) -
Miriam Promintzer,
Michael Krebs,
Jelena Todoric,
Anton Luger,
Martin Bischof,
P. Nowotny,
Oswald Wagner,
Harald Esterbauer,
Christian Anderwald
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-2522
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , insulin resistance , retinol binding protein 4 , retinol binding protein , insulin , body mass index , nephelometry , conventional pci , chemistry , retinol , myocardial infarction , antibody , immunology , vitamin , adipokine
Recent data suggest that circulating retinol-binding protein (RBP) might be involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Moreover, protein C inhibitor (PCI), which specifically binds retinoic acid, was found to be increased in myocardial infarction survivors who are also insulin resistant.
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