Westernization of lifestyle affects quantitative and qualitative changes in adiponectin

Westernization of lifestyle affects quantitative and qualitative changes in adiponectin

Abstract Background Although Japanese–Americans and native Japanese share the same genetic predispositions, they live different lifestyles, resulting in insulin resistance in Japanese–Americans. We investigated whether the quantitative and qualitative changes in adiponectin (APN) due to differences...

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Main Authors: Mitsunobu Kubota, Masayasu Yoneda, Norikazu Maeda, Haruya Ohno, Kenji Oki, Tohru Funahashi, Iichiro Shimomura, Noboru Hattori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Lifestyle westernization
Japanese migration
Insulin resistance
Total adiponectin
C1q-adiponectin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-017-0565-z

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