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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Expression and correlation of Chemerin and FABP4 in peripheral blood of gestational diabetes mellitus patients.

Xueling Wang, Juanjuan Liu, Dongqing Wang, Honghua Zhu, Le Kang, Juan Jiang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  11. Is Chemerin Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? A Case-Control Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xueling WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, Shandong 250200, P.R. China.
Juanjuan LiuDepartment of Obstetrics, The Third People's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao, Shandong 266041, P.R. China.
Dongqing WangDepartment of Obstetrics (Maternal and Child Health Center), The People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, Shandong 250200, P.R. China.
Honghua ZhuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, Shandong 250200, P.R. China.
Le KangDepartment of Obstetrics, The People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area, Jinan, Shandong 250200, P.R. China.
Juan JiangDepartment of Nursing, The Third People's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao, Shandong 266041, P.R. China.
Zhangqiu City People's Hospital · CNQingdao Eighth People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expression and correlation of Chemerin and fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) in peripheral blood of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) patients were investigated. Sixty patients with GDM from March 2018 to March 2019 in the People's Hospital of Zhangqiu Area were selected as the study group (SG) and another 50 healthy pregnant women corresponding to their age and pregnancy were selected as the control group (CG). Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the expression of Chemerin and FABP4 in serum. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of Chemerin and FABP4 in peripheral blood for GDM patients. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to analyze the correlation between Chemerin and FABP4 and the correlation between Chemerin and inflammatory factors such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). Expression of Chemerin and FABP4 in peripheral blood of GDM patients were significantly higher than those in CG. The AUC of GDM patients diagnosed with Chemerin and FABP4 in peripheral blood was 0.820 and 0.814, while the AUC of GDM patients diagnosed with Chemerin combined with FABP4 in peripheral blood was 0.904. Expression of inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-α in the SG were significantly higher than those in the CG. Chemerin in the SG was positively correlated with FABP4 and positively correlated with inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-α. Patients with advanced age (≥35 years), family history of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, high pre-pregnancy BMI, high fasting blood glucose, high Chemerin and high FABP4 expression have high risk of GDM. In conclusion, Chemerin and FABP4 were upregulated in the peripheral blood of GDM patients. There was a positive correlation between the two and a positive correlation with the inflammatory factors IL-6 and TNF-α.

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chemerinfatty acid-binding protein 4gestational diabetes mellitusperipheral blood

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