Progranulin serum levels in human kidney transplant recipients: A longitudinal study.

The adipokine progranulin has metabolic proprieties, playing a role in obesity and insulin resistance. Its levels seems to be dependent of renal function, since higher progranulin concentration is observed in patients with end-stage kidney disease. However, the effect of kidney transplantation on pr...

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Main Authors: Bruna Bellincanta Nicoletto, Elis Forcellini Pedrollo, Larissa Salomoni Carpes, Natália Gomes Coloretti, Thaiana Cirino Krolikowski, Gabriela Corrêa Souza, Luiz Felipe Santos Gonçalves, Roberto Ceratti Manfro, Luis Henrique Canani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5834191?pdf=render