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The adiponutrin I148M variant is a risk factor for HCV-associated liver cancer in North-African patients.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Ezzikouri Sayeh, Alaoui Rhimou, Tazi Sana, Nadir Salwa, Elmdaghri Naima, Pineau Pascal, Benjelloun Soumaya
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports revealed an association between variation in the PNPLA3 gene and alcohol-induced hepatocellular carcinoma among Europeans. We have assessed whether the PNPLA3 rs738409 (I148M) polymorphism may also affect the resolution and/or the progression of hepatitis C in a Moroccan cohort. Genotype and allele frequencies at rs738409 were determined using a TaqMan 5' allelic discrimination assay in 437...
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