Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid–Binding Protein as a New Biomarker Predicting the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract
OBJECTIVE— Adipocyte fatty acid–binding protein (A-FABP) is abundantly expressed in adipocytes and plays a role in glucose homeostasis in experimental animals. We have previously shown that circulating A-FABP levels are associated with the metabolic syndrome, which confers an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Here we investigated whether serum A-FABP levels could predict the development of diabetes in a 10-year prospective study.

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