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Genetic risk of alcohol-related liver cirrhosis: Associations of PNPLA3, TM6SF2, and a two-variant polygenic risk score.
Biomolecules & biomedicine - 12 Dec 2025
Nesic Branka, Jelovac Marina, Karan-Djurasevic Teodora, Vrinic Kalem Dusica, Svorcan Petar, Zukic Branka, Grubisa Ivana
Abstract excerpt
A minority of individuals who consume excessive alcohol develop cirrhosis. Variants in the patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 gene (PNPLA3) and the transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 gene (TM6SF2) have been previously identified as associated with alcohol-related cirrhosis (ALC). This study aimed to examine the variants of PNPLA3 and TM6SF2 and to develop and assess a polygenic risk score...
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