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Transcriptional regulation of PNPLA3 and its impact on susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver Disease (NAFLD) in humans.
Aging - 13 Oct 2016
Liu Wanqing, Anstee Quentin M, Wang Xiaoliang, Gawrieh Samer, Gamazon Eric R, Athinarayanan Shaminie, Liu Yang-Lin, Darlay Rebecca, Cordell Heather J, Daly Ann K, Day Chris P, Chalasani Naga
Abstract excerpt
The increased expression of PNPLA3148M leads to hepatosteatosis in mice. This study aims to investigate the genetic control of hepatic PNPLA3 transcription and to explore its impact on NAFLD risk in humans. Through a locus-wide expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) mapping in two human liver sample sets, a PNPLA3 intronic SNP, rs139051 A>G was identified as a significant eQTL (p = 6.6×10-8) influencing PNPLA3...
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