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A tumor necrosis factor-beta polymorphism associated with hypertriglyceridemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jun 1995
Vendrell J, Gutierrez C, Pastor R, Richart C
Abstract excerpt
Non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes mellitus is associated with significant abnormalities of lipoprotein metabolism. Control of glycemia rarely completely corrects the alterations in lipid metabolism, suggesting a participation of environmental and genetic factors. The observation that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) can modulate triglyceride metabolism offers a new genetic candidate to be analyzed. Samples of...
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