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Copy Number Variation in the CES1 Gene and the Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver in a Chinese Han Population
2021-01-06
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<h4>Background: </h4> A recent genome-wide copy number variations (CNVs) scan identified a 16q12.2 deletion that included the carboxylesterase 1 ( CES1 ) gene, which is important in the metabolism of fatty acids and cholesterol. We aimed to investigate whether CES1 CNVs was associated with susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a Chinese Han population.MethodsA case-control study was conduc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 341fc822-9d99-5df7-a609-54713a788151
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-132175/v1
