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Resistin polymorphims, plasma resistin levels and obesity in Tunisian volunteers.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Feb 2018
Zayani Nesrine, Hamdouni Haithem, Boumaiza Imen, Achour Ons, Neffati Fadoua, Omezzine Asma, Najjar Mohamed Fadhel, Bouslama Ali
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Adipose tissue is an important endocrine organ that secretes a number of adipokines, like Resistin (RETN); it's an adipocytes-secreted cytokine and has been proposed as a link between obesity and diabetes. Many resistin gene polymorphisms were described and their implication in obesity was controversial. This study was to investigate the prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in RETN...
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