%0 Journal Article
%T IS SALUSIN-ALPHA A NEW MARKER OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN HYPOTHYROIDISM?
%A F. Akbas
%A H. Usta Atmaca
%J Archive of "Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest)".
%D 2017
%R 10.4183/aeb.2017.53
%X Salusins are multifunctional endogenous peptides shown in human and rat tissues. Serum salusin ¦Á level is decreased in coronary artery disease and lack of salusin ¦Á enhances coronary atherosclerosis. Hypothyroidism is a chronic inflammatory disease that has a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Here we aimed to search the relationship of overt hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism with salusin ¦Á and other inflammatory markers, also the effect of L-thyroxine treatment on these findings
%K Salusins
%K hypothyroidism
%K cardiometabolic risk
%K inflammation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525740/