CIRCULATING GHRELIN LEVELS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO COLORECTAL CÂNCER

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Considering the association between colorectal cancer (CRC) and both insulin resistance and obesity, and the prominent role of ghrelin in these metabolic disorders, we explored whether plasma levels of ghrelin were associated with CRC. Moreover, in the patients w...

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Main Authors: Asadollah ASADI, Hamid FARAHANI, Touraj MAHMOUDI, Seidamir Pasha TABAEIAN, Gholamreza REZAMAND, Abolfazl MOHAMMADBEIGI, Reza DABIRI, Hossein NOBAKHT, Sajad REZVAN, Fatemeh MOHAMMADI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2021-10-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032021000300316&tlng=en