Lower Serum Irisin Levels Are Associated with Increased Vascular Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients

• প্রধান লেখক: Lian He (লেখক), Wan-Yu He (লেখক), La-Ta A (লেখক), Wen-Ling Yang (লেখক), Ai-Hua Zhang (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Karger Publishers, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Background/Aims: Vascular calcification, which involves an active cellular transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells into bone forming cells, is prevalent and predicts mortality in dialysis patients. Its mechanisms are complex and unclear. We presume that irisin, a newly identified myokine also...