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SUBMITTER: Thomsen SB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3835778 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thomsen Stine Brinkløv SB Rathcke Camilla Noelle CN Jørgensen Nils Bruun NB Madsbad Sten S Vestergaard Henrik H
Journal of obesity 20131103
<h4>Background</h4>The inflammatory markers YKL-40 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) are elevated in morbidly obese patients and decline after weight loss. The objective of our study was to investigate the possible changes of YKL-40 and MCP-1, in both the fasting and the postprandial states, following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and normal glucose tolerance (NGT).<h4>Methods</h4>Ten obese patients with T2D and 10 subjects with NGT were exam ...[more]