Cellular immune activity biomarker neopterin is associated hyperlipidemia: results from a large population-based study.
Shu-Chun ChuangHeiner BoeingStein Emil VollsetØivind MidttunPer Magne UelandBas Bueno-de-MesquitaMartin LajousGuy FagherazziMarie-Christine Boutron-RuaultRudolf KaaksTilman KüehnTobias PischonDagmar DroganAnne TjønnelandKim OvervadJ Ramón QuirósAntonio AgudoEsther Molina-MontesMiren DorronsoroJosé María HuertaAurelio BarricarteKay-Tee KhawNicholas J WarehamRuth C TravisAntonia TrichopoulouPagona LagiouDimitrios TrichopoulosGiovanna MasalaClaudia AgnoliRosario TuminoAmalia MattielloPetra H PeetersElisabete WeiderpassRichard PalmqvistIngrid LjuslinderMarc GunterYunxia LuAmanda J CrossElio RiboliPaolo VineisKrasimira AleksandrovaPublished in: Immunity & ageing : I & A (2016)
These data suggest that high total neopterin concentrations are cross-sectionally associated with reduced HDLC, but not with overall MetS.