Evaluation of adipokines in children with cystic fibrosis.

CONCLUSIONS: A significant increase in resistin concentration expressed also as resistin/BMI, and resistin/adiponectin ratios, observed in children with CF may suggests that this adipokine is involved in the inflammatory process underlying the disease and is related to worse spirometric parameters describing airways obstruction. PMID: 29465158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Endokrynologia Polska - February 21, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Machura E, Szczepańska M, Świętochowska E, Halkiewicz F, Barć-Czarnecka M, Ziora K, Ziora D Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research