Elevated Plasma SPARC Levels Are Associated with Insulin Resistance, Dyslipidemia, and Inflammation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Lu Xu; Fan Ping; Jinhua Yin; Xinhua Xiao; Hongding Xiang; Christie M. Ballantyne; Huaizhu Wu; Ming Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081615

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Elevated Plasma SPARC Levels Are Associated with Insulin Resistance, Dyslipidemia, and Inflammation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Lu Xu,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Beijing, China
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Fan Ping,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Beijing, China
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Jinhua Yin,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Beijing, China
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Xinhua Xiao,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Beijing, China
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Hongding Xiang,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Beijing, China
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Christie M. Ballantyne,

Affiliations Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Huaizhu Wu,

Affiliation Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ming Li

* E-mail: liming@pumch.cn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), Beijing, China
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Elevated Plasma SPARC Levels Are Associated with Insulin Resistance, Dyslipidemia, and Inflammation in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Lu Xu,
Fan Ping,
Jinhua Yin,
Xinhua Xiao,
Hongding Xiang,
Christie M. Ballantyne,
Huaizhu Wu,
Ming Li

Published: December 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081615

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