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Dissociation between APOC3 variants, hepatic triglyceride content and insulin resistance.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Feb 2011
Kozlitina Julia, Boerwinkle Eric, Cohen Jonathan C, Hobbs Helen H
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UNLABELLED: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an escalating health problem that is frequently associated with obesity and insulin resistance. The mechanistic relationship between NAFLD, obesity, and insulin resistance is not well understood. A nonsynonymous variant in patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (rs738409, I148M) has been reproducibly associated with increased hepatic triglyceride...
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