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SUBMITTER: Simons N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317803 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 20200129 5
<h4>Background & aims</h4>Plasma soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin) is a frequently used biomarker of systemic endothelial dysfunction. The present study explored the relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and plasma sE-selectin levels.<h4>Methods</h4>Expression of E-selectin in liver, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and muscle was studied in relation to plasma sE-selectin in severely obese individuals (n = 74). The course of hepatic E-selectin expression in relation to hepati ...[more]