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Marina Verlinden ([email protected]) Henning W. Tiemeier ([email protected]) René Veenstra ([email protected]) Vincent W.V. Jaddoe ([email protected]) Hein Raat ([email protected]) Albert Hofman ([email protected]) Frank C. Verhulst ([email protected]) Pauline W. Jansen ([email protected]) Cathelijne L. Mieloo ([email protected]) Wilma Jansen (w.jansen...

Authors reply to Dr. Kawada's comments.

We thank Dr. Kawada for his insightful comments [1] on our study [2], which highlights the importance of the C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration as a significant risk marker for metabolic syndrome (MetS). Dr. Kawada argued that stratified analyses by gender for the association between CRP concentrations and MetS should be performed in our study, given that there were gender differences in th...

Authors' Reply to Comments from Dr. Guan

To the Editor. We thank Dr. Guan for his interest in our recent article [1]. He has raised some comments regarding possible potential of MT and zinc as therapeutic tools for inflammatory diseases. As he mentions, simply inducing and/or enhancing metallothionein (MT) is harmful, particularly in physiological condition. We want to emphasize that for severe (lethal) inflammatory conditions such as...

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