Association of Serum Ceruloplasmin Level with Obesity: Some Components of Metabolic Syndrome and High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein in Iran

• Hauptverfasser: Seyyed Morteza Safavi (Verfasst von), Rahele Ziaei (Verfasst von), Mohammad Reza Maracy (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Background. One of the mechanisms that has been suggested for obesity related metabolic disturbances is obesity-induced inflammation. Pro-inflammatory cytokines generated in adipose tissue can increase hepatic synthesis of inflammation-sensitive plasma proteins (ISPs) including ceruloplasmin (Cp). I...