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Variants in the adiponectin gene and serum adiponectin: the Coronary Artery Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Dec 2010
Wassel Christina L, Pankow James S, Jacobs David R, Steffes Michael W, Li Na, Schreiner Pamela J
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Circulating adiponectin is involved in the atherosclerotic process and has been associated with cardiovascular disease as well as obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. The adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) encodes the circulating protein adiponectin and affects its expression. Only a small proportion of all known ADIPOQ polymorphisms have been investigated in relation to circulating...
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