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Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Prediction of Incident Coronary Events in Healthy Men and Women
Author(s) -
Ziad Mallat,
Tabassome Simon,
Joëlle Bénessiano,
Karine Clément,
Soraya Taleb,
Nicholas J. Wareham,
Robert Luben,
KayTee Khaw,
Alain Tedgui,
S. Matthijs Boekholdt
Publication year - 2008
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.2008-0253
Subject(s) - retinol binding protein 4 , context (archaeology) , insulin resistance , retinol binding protein , medicine , binding protein , endocrinology , retinol , biology , insulin , vitamin , biochemistry , adipokine , paleontology , gene
Recent studies reported that retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) has a causal role in insulin resistance and suggested that its circulating levels may predict cardiovascular disease. However, the latter assumption has not yet been tested.

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