Elevated soluble CD163 in gestational diabetes mellitus: secretion from human placenta and adipose tissue.

Elevated soluble CD163 in gestational diabetes mellitus: secretion from human placenta and adipose tissue.

Recently soluble CD163 (sCD163), a cleaved form of the macrophage receptor CD163, was identified as a macrophage-specific risk-predictor for developing Type 2 Diabetes. Here, we investigate circulating levels of sCD163 in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Furthermore, given the role of the placen...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Furqan Bari, Martin O Weickert, Kavitha Sivakumar, Sean G James, David R J Snead, Bee Kang Tan, Harpal Singh Randeva, Claire Cecile Bastie, Manu Vatish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4077809?pdf=render

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