Serum Levels of FGF-21 Are Increased in Coronary Heart Disease Patients and Are Independently Associated with Adverse Lipid Profile

Zhuofeng Lin; Zhen Wu; Xiaojing Yin; Yanlong Liu; Xinxin Yan; Shaoqiang Lin; Jian Xiao; Xiaojie Wang; Wenke Feng; Xiaokun Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015534

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Serum Levels of FGF-21 Are Increased in Coronary Heart Disease Patients and Are Independently Associated with Adverse Lipid Profile

Zhuofeng Lin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuofeng Lin, Zhen Wu

Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Zhen Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhuofeng Lin, Zhen Wu

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiaojing Yin,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, the 6th Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Yanlong Liu,

Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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Xinxin Yan,

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Shaoqiang Lin,

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Jian Xiao,

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China
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Xiaojie Wang,

Affiliation Bioreator Engineering Research Center, Minister of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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Wenke Feng ,

* E-mail: xiaokunli@163.net (XL); wenke.feng@louisville.edu (WF)

Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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Xiaokun Li

* E-mail: xiaokunli@163.net (XL); wenke.feng@louisville.edu (WF)

Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China, Bioreator Engineering Research Center, Minister of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China, The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, Norman Bethune College of Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Serum Levels of FGF-21 Are Increased in Coronary Heart Disease Patients and Are Independently Associated with Adverse Lipid Profile

Zhuofeng Lin,
Zhen Wu,
Xiaojing Yin,
Yanlong Liu,
Xinxin Yan,
Shaoqiang Lin,
Jian Xiao,
Xiaojie Wang,
Wenke Feng,
Xiaokun Li

Published: December 29, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015534

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