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Association of inflammatory genes in obstructive sleep apnea and non alcoholic fatty liver disease in Asian Indians residing in north India.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Bhatt Surya Prakash, Guleria Randeep, Vikram Naval K, Vivekanandhan S, Singh Yogendra, Gupta A K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have indicated that variants of the high sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin (IL)-6 and leptin receptor (LEPR) genes are associated with the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but not in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Asian Indians. The study was conducted to investigate the association of CRP rs1130864 (1444C/T), IL-6 rs1800795 (-174G/C) and LEPR...
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