Association between the PNPLA3 I148M polymorphism and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Uygur and Han ethnic groups of northwestern China.

OBJECTIVE: Multiple common gene variants play a role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) susceptibility. Our goal was to investigate the association between variants polymorphisms and NAFLD in the Uygur and Han from Northwestern China. METHODS: Eight tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSN...

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Main Authors: Yuexin Zhang, Wen Cai, Jiangmei Song, Lei Miao, Bei Zhang, Qin Xu, Lijuan Zhang, Hua Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4188522?pdf=render