Serum levels of CTRP3 in diabetic nephropathy and its relationship with insulin resistance and kidney function

• Nariman Moradi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nariman Moradi, Reza Fadaei

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran, Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Reza Fadaei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nariman Moradi, Reza Fadaei

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sleep Disorders Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

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• Mohammad Ebrahim Khamseh,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Ali Nobakht,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Jafar Rezaei,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

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• Fereshteh Aliakbary,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Akram Vatannejad,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Bioscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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• Jalil Hosseini

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jhosseinee@gmail.com

  Affiliation Infertility and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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