Glenn M. Chertow

Publication Details

  • Fetuin-A and change in body composition in older persons.

    Ix JH, Wassel CL, Chertow GM, Koster A, Johnson KC, Tylavsky FA, Cauley JA, Cummings SR, Harris TB, Shlipak MG. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009; 94 (11): 4492-8

    Fetuin-A inhibits the insulin receptor in vitro. Higher serum fetuin-A concentrations are associated with type 2 diabetes longitudinally and greater adiposity in cross-sectional analyses. Whether higher fetuin-A concentrations are associated with accumulation of adiposity over time is unknown.

    PubMedID: 19820014

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