Are serum retinol binding protein-4 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin interrelated in pancreatic cancer patients?
Elevated serum RBP-4 and NGAL are associated with pancreatic cancer. They were positively interrelated; highlighting the possible interplay between them in pancreatic cancer.
Characteristics of sc adipose tissue appear therefore to contribute to the development of visceral fat depot, supporting the adipose tissue expandability theory and extending it to early stages of weight gain in nonobese subjects.