血のフェトゥインA濃度と,心筋梗塞と不全性脳卒中のリスク

Cornelia Weikert1, Norbert Stefan, Matthias B Schulze

  • 1Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Nuthetal, Germany. Weikert@dife.de

Circulation
|November 26, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

高レベルのフェチューインAタンパク質は,心筋梗塞 (MI) と不全性脳卒中 (IS) のリスクが著しく増加するとの関連があります. この発見は,fetuin-Aが心血管疾患の発症に役割を果たす可能性があることを示唆しています.

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