ASSOCIATION OF PERIPHERAL VISFATIN LEVELS AND VISFATIN G-948T GENE POLYMORPHISM WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN A TURKISH POPULATION

Vurgun U., Sahin O., Tufekci K. U., Keskinoğlu P., Yener G., Genc K. K., ...Daha Fazla

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.123-128, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-128
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase, Alzheimer Disease, Polymorphism, Inflammation, Aging, COLONY-ENHANCING FACTOR, ISCHEMIC-STROKE, PLASMA-LEVELS, TYPE-2, OBESE, INFLAMMATION, PROMOTER
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Visfatin is a pleiotropic cytokine implicated in several physiological and pathophysiological processes such as innate immunity, cellular metabolism, longevity, and inflammation. Altered visfatin levels and visfatin gene polymorphisms have been reported in various human diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, coronary artery disease and stroke..