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CDH13 gene coding T-cadherin influences variations in plasma adiponectin levels in the Japanese population.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2012
Morisaki Hiroko, Yamanaka Itaru, Iwai Naoharu, Miyamoto Yoshihiro, Kokubo Yoshihiro, Okamura Tomonori, Okayama Akira, Morisaki Takayuki
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Adiponectin is most abundantly expressed in adipose tissue and well known to play an important role in metabolic regulation. Several studies have attempted to identify the genetic determinants of metabolic syndrome (MetS), though no study has revealed a cis- or trans-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that affects plasma adiponectin levels, except the adiponectin structure gene and genes encoding...
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