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Variant adiponutrin confers genetic protection against cholestatic itch.
Scientific reports - 9 Oct 2014
Krawczyk Marcin, Milkiewicz Malgorzata, Marschall Hanns-Ulrich, Bartz Clemens, Grünhage Frank, Wunsch Ewa, Milkiewicz Piotr, Lammert Frank
Abstract excerpt
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) mediates cholestatic pruritus. Recently the enzyme PNPLA3, expressed in liver and skin, was demonstrated to metabolise LPA. Here we assess the association of the PNPLA3 variant p.Ile148Met, known to be associated with (non-)alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in geno...
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