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Multigenic control of serum adiponectin levels: evidence for a role of the APM1 gene and a locus on 14q13.
Physiological genomics - 4 Oct 2004
Menzaghi C, Ercolino T, Salvemini L, Coco A, Kim S H, Fini G, Doria A, Trischitta V
Abstract excerpt
Adiponectin is a circulating enhancer of insulin action that is secreted by the adipose tissue. In epidemiological studies, serum levels of this protein predict the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular events. Serum adiponectin levels have been associated with variants at the adiponectin (APM1) and PPARgamma2 loci and have also been linked to markers on 5p15 and 14q13. We investigated the role of these four...
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