Fetuin-A is a phosphorylated glycoprotein produced by liver.It by binding to calcium ion inhibits ectopic calcium deposition and protects vascular calcification. Fetuin-A acts as a multifactorial protein and its role has been documented from brain development to bone remodeling and immune function, regulation of insulin activity, hepatocyte growth factor activity and inhibition lymphocyte blast...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common type of cancer among men over 60 years old. The aggressiveness and mortality of PCa can be correlated with obesity. Adipose tissue-derived cytokines such as adiponectin may explain the correlation between PCa and obesity. Since the correlation between adiponectin and aggressive PCa is still not fully evaluated, we aimed to investigate the probable role o...

From the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism; the Oxford National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre; and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford — all in Oxford, United Kingdom. Address reprint requests to Dr. McCarthy at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, Unit...

OBJECTIVE Limited data exist on the association between in utero exposure to maternal diabetes and obesity and type 2 diabetes in diverse youth. These associations were explored in African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white youth participating in the SEARCH Case-Control Study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 79 youth with type 2 diabetes and 190 nondiabetic control youth aged 1...

introduction: alloimmunization is a reaction of the immune system to foreign antigens. for prevention of alloantibody formation, performing of type and screen test is necessary on a patient's blood specimen as part of pre-transfusion testing. materials and method: in this cross-sectional study, type and screen test done for 1420 patients with elective surgery for detection of alloantibody in im...

background breast feeding appears to play a role in determining obesity and abdominal obesity during childhood, specifically in children with a history of low birth weight. objective the purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of breast-feeding with either of abdominal obesity and obesity among iranian school children. materials and methods a total of 1184 students (625 girls and 5...