Phagocytic Activity Is Impaired in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Increases after Metabolic Improvement

Albert Lecube; Gisela Pachón; Jordi Petriz; Cristina Hernández; Rafael Simó

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023366

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Phagocytic Activity Is Impaired in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Increases after Metabolic Improvement

Albert Lecube ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Albert Lecube, Gisela Pachón

Affiliation Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Gisela Pachón ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Albert Lecube, Gisela Pachón

Affiliations Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Research Unit in Biomedicine and Translational and Pediatrics Oncology, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Petriz,

Affiliation Research Unit in Biomedicine and Translational and Pediatrics Oncology, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Cristina Hernández,

Affiliation Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Rafael Simó

* E-mail: rsimo@ir.vhebron.net

Affiliation Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Phagocytic Activity Is Impaired in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Increases after Metabolic Improvement

Albert Lecube,
Gisela Pachón,
Jordi Petriz,
Cristina Hernández,
Rafael Simó

Published: August 18, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023366

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