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SUBMITTER: Shibasaki I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9331841 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shibasaki Ikuko I Nakajima Toshiaki T Fukuda Taira T Hasegawa Takaaki T Ogawa Hironaga H Tsuchiya Go G Takei Yusuke Y Tezuka Masahiro M Kato Takashi T Kanazawa Yuta Y Kano Yasuyuki Y Kuwata Toshiyuki T Ouchi Motoshi M Toyoda Shigeru S Aso Yoshimasa Y Fukuda Hirotsugu H
Journal of clinical medicine 20220726 15
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) is a novel adipokine and may be involved in the association between adipose tissue and metabolic syndrome. We investigated DPP-4 and adiponectin levels in the serum, subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), and their relationship with preoperative factors, as well as comparing the DPP-4 levels in SAT and EAT with and without DPP-4 inhibitors. This study included 40 patients (25 men, age 67.5 ± 13.8 years). The serum adipokine, DPP-4, ...[more]