Brief communication: Associations of serum TRAIL concentrations, anthropometric variables, and serum lipid parameters in healthy adults

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 400-404

  Choi, Jong Weon ^a   Song, Jung Soo ^a   Pai, Soo Hwan ^a,b  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Serum lipid levels; Total body fat; Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL)

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TNFSF10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX FACTORS; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 11144251691     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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