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The APOA5-1131 T>C variant enhances the association between RBP4 and hypertriglyceridemia in diabetes.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 May 2010
Cabré A, Lázaro I, Girona J, Manzanares J M, Marimón F, Plana N, Guardiola M, Heras M, Masana L
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Type 2 diabetic patients have an increased prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia. RBP4 has been associated with insulin resistance and hypertriglyceridemia in obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. APOA5 is proposed to be a genetic modulator of triglycerides. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between RBP4 plasma levels and lipid disturbances and to determine the...
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