Increased Serum Levels and Chondrocyte Expression of Nesfatin-1 in Patients with Osteoarthritis and Its Relation with BMI, hsCRP, and IL-18

Background. Adipokines have been proved to relate with osteoarthritis (OA). As a recently discovered adipokine, nesfatin-1 relationship with OA has not been reported. Aim. To determine the levels of nesfatin-1 in serum and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with and without OA; to examine the correla...

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Main Authors: Lifeng Jiang, Jiapeng Bao, Xindie Zhou, Yan Xiong, Lidong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/631251