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Association between four resistin polymorphisms, obesity, and metabolic syndrome parameters in Tunisian volunteers.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Dec 2012
Boumaiza Imen, Omezzine Asma, Rejeb Jihène, Rebhi Lamia, Ben Rejeb Nabila, Nabli Naoufel, Ben Abdelaziz Ahmed, Bouslama Ali
Abstract excerpt
Resistin is an adipocyte-secreted cytokine recently discovered and has been proposed as a link between obesity and diabetes. Many resistin gene polymorphisms were described and their implication in obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) was controversial. Our aim was to study the relationship between four resistin polymorphisms (420C/G, 44G/A, 62G/A, and 394C/G), MetS parameters, and the risk of obesity in...
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