Elevated blood apelin levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract
Aims Apelin is a circulatory blood peptide acting as a ligand for the orphan G protein-coupled receptor known as APJ. Whether apelin blood levels can affect the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus is an open question. In the present study, we aimed to assess the levels of circulatory apelin peptide in the type 2 diabetic subjects using systematic review and meta-analysis under random-effects model and standardized mean difference (SMD) as...
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Title
Elevated blood apelin levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published Date
Feb 1, 2019
Volume
148
Pages
43 - 53
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