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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">143</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">RCPP</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1011-6583</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2945-1922</issn>
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        <publisher-name>PHARMAKON-Press</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.61873/BBDF1129</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">34891</article-id>
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        <article-title>Fibroblast growth factor 21 serum levels in diabetes mellitus patients: assessment of their correlation with carbohydrate and lipid metabolism markers</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Trapali</surname>
            <given-names>Maria</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Karkalousos</surname>
            <given-names>Petros</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Dogkas</surname>
            <given-names>Nikos</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Karikas</surname>
            <given-names>George Albert</given-names>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of West Attica</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
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      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Biochemical laboratory, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>Biochemical laboratory, Metaxa Hospital, Piraeus, Greece</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
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      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>18</day>
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>39</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>23</fpage>
      <lpage>30</lpage>
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        <copyright-statement>Maria Trapali, Petros Karkalousos, Nikos Dogkas, George Albert Karikas</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
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      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p><i>Background:</i> Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21 regulates several biochemical pathways such as glucose/fructose update, lipid oxidation, and insulin/glycogen sensitivity. Some beneficial effects of FGF21 on human body have been investigated, including weight loss and improved glycemia. It has been also suggested as a therapeutic agent for Diabetes Type 2. <i>Aim</i> : Τhe aim of this study is to measure FGF21 serum levels in diabetes mellitus patients, compare them with FGF21 levels in healthy individuals and correlate them with age, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism markers. <i>Methodology</i> : In this study. FGF21 levels in 35 diabetics and 23 non-diabetics were correlated with Glucose, HBA1c, Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol concentrations. <i>Results</i> : FGF21 concentration is doubled in diabetics. (both men and women). independently from the patients' age. and it was statistically significant. No statistical correlation between FGF21 and other biochemical markers in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals. as well as within the two subgroups of participants aged &amp;lt;40 years old. and &amp;gt; 40 years old was recorded. <i>Conclusion</i> : FGF21 is an important metabolic regulator, which its concentration was found increased in diabetics serum, in the present study, while no statistical correlation was found between FGF21, age of the participants and other biochemical markers.</p>
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