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A visfatin gene promoter polymorphism (rs1319501) is associated with susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Personalized medicine - 1 Mar 2023
Mahmoudi Touraj, Ghorbani Donya, Rezamand Gholamreza, Dehestan Niloufar, Jeddi Golnaz, Asadi Asadollah, Nobakht Hossein, Dabiri Reza, Farahani Hamid, Tabaeian Seidamir Pasha, Zali Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
Background: Considering the role of visfatin in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a growing global epidemic, this article explores the potential association between the visfatin gene (NAMPT) and NAFLD. Methods: We used the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method to genotype the rs1319501 promoter variant of the NAMPT gene in 154 patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD and 158 controls in this...
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