Is plasma PCSK9 associated with age , sex , and multiple metabolic markers in a population-based sample of children and adolescents?
PCSK9 is associated with age, sex, and multiple metabolic markers in youth. A novel finding is that PCSK9 is associated with fasting insulinemia, which suggests that PCSK9 could play a role in the development of dyslipidemia associated with the metabolic syndrome. .
Melanoma short-term cell cultures from primary tumors show decreased viability under FasL, but not TRAIL stimulation rather than short-term cell cultures derived from metastases.