Internal Medicine: Open Access
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Qing Cai

Publications

• Review Article
  The Impact of Neutrophil Proteinase 3 on IGFBP-3 Proteolysis in Obesity
  Author(s): Jo Lynne Robins, Qing Cai and Youngman OhJo Lynne Robins, Qing Cai and Youngman Oh
  
  Obesity is a complex disorder and is a major risk factor associated with the incidence of insulin resistance (IR), diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other metabolic disorders. The endocrine paradigm suggests that visceral fat in obesity, consisting primarily of adipocytes, secretes various pro-inflammatory adipokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF), leptin, visfatin, resistin, and IL-6 creating a state of local inflammation further resulting in chronic systemic inflammation and accelerating the events leading to systemic IR, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system plays a major role in growth, development and maintenance of homeostasis in normal cells. IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), the major binding protein in circulation, has been shown to be associated with obesity, IR, type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and CVD. Recent studies have.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-8048.S6-003

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