Does serum soluble CD163 predict risk of type 2 diabetes in the general population?
Increased concentrations of sCD163 predict increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the general population and may be useful for identification of high-risk overweight individuals.
The protracted exposure experiment produced results consistent with the G-function hypothesis that models the dose rate effect. Therefore the previous report of a marked departure from this model was not confirmed. The reports of aberration yields increasing with time of arrival at metaphase were confirmed. Possible explanations are discussed; the intercellular distributions of aberrations, or of doses to the cells or heterogeneous radiosensitivity of lymphocyte sub-populations. None alone seems sufficient quantitatively to explain the magnitude of the effect. The implications for biological dosimetry, which employs cultures times of approximately 48 h, are considered to be minor.