Musings on genome medicine: cholesterol and coronary artery disease
AUTOR(ES)
Nathan, David G
FONTE
BioMed Central
RESUMO
Cholesterol levels and not inflammatory markers are the major variables that pose a risk of coronary artery disease. Diabetes greatly increases the risk at any cholesterol level. Coronary artery disease and cancer are linked by a common protein - an apoptotic protein that also functions as a regulator of insulin secretion.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2703869Documentos Relacionados
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