Association between serum ferritin and osteocalcin as a potential mechanism explaining the iron-induced insulin resistance
Background: Increased iron stores are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, however, the mechanisms underlying these associations are poorly understood. Because a reduction of circulating osteocalcin levels after iron overload have been demonstrated in cell cultures, and osteocalcin i...
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | eng |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/37050 |