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NAMPT gene rs2058539 variant is a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 1 Jan 2024
Nouri Shadi, Navari Mahsa, Zarei Fatemeh, Rostami Mitra, Mahmoudi Touraj, Rezamand Gholamreza, Asadi Asadollah, Nobakht Hossein, Dabiri Reza, Tabaeian Seidamir Pasha
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OBJECTIVE: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a chronic liver disease and a growing global epidemic. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between a visfatin gene (NAMPT) variant and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, owing to the connection between this disease and insulin resistance, obesity, inflammation, and oxidative stress, and the role of visfatin in these metabolic disorders. METHODS:...
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