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The rs1862513 promoter variant of resistin gene influences susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 1 Jan 2024
Nouri Shadi, Navari Mahsa, Shafiee Radmehr, Mahmoudi Touraj, Rezamand Gholamreza, Asadi Asadollah, Nobakht Hossein, Dabiri Reza, Farahani Hamid, Tabaeian Seidamir Pasha
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OBJECTIVES: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is the term used for a range of conditions in which fat builds up in the liver and exceeds 5% of hepatocytes without inordinate alcohol intake or other causes of lipid accumulation. Regarding the fact that insulin resistance and obesity play key roles in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, as well as the connection between resistin and these metabolic...
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