C-reactive protein in healthy subjects: associations with obesity, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction: a potential role for cytokines originating from adipose tissue?
C-reactive protein in healthy subjects: associations with obesity, insulin resistance, and endothelial dysfunction: a potential role for cytokines originating from adipose tissue?
J. Yudkin,C. Stehouwer,J. Emeis,S. Coppack
1999 · DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.4.972
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2,679 Citations
TLDR
The data suggest that adipose tissue is an important determinant of a low level, chronic inflammatory state as reflected by levels of interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and C-reactive protein, and that infection with H pylori, C pneumoniae, and cytomegalovirus is not.