Article
Human Fetuin-A Rs4918 Polymorphism and its Association with Obesity in Healthy Persons and in Patients with Myocardial Infarction in Two Hungarian Cohorts.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 4 Aug 2016
Temesszentandrási György, Vörös Krisztián, Márkus Bernadett, Böröcz Zoltán, Kaszás Edit, Prohászka Zoltán, Falus András, Cseh Károly, Kalabay László
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND Human fetuin A (AHSG) has been associated with the development of obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. Observations on the role of AHSG rs4918 single-nucleotide polymorphism are contradictory. We investigated the association between variants of rs4918 and parameters of obesity, lipid status, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα), adipokines (adiponectin, resistin,...
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