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Association of ENPP1 (PC-1) K121Q polymorphism with obesity-related parameters in subjects with metabolic syndrome.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2008
González-Sánchez José L, Zabena Carina, Martínez-Larrad María T, Martínez-Calatrava María J, Pérez-Barba Milagros, Serrano-Ríos Manuel
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BACKGROUND: The metabolic syndrome (MS), a cluster of several metabolic disorders, is increasingly being recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1), originally described as a plasma cell allo-antigen and named plasma cell membrane glycoprotein (PC-1), is an inhibitor of insulin-induced activation of the insulin receptor. The single nucleotide...
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