Paradoxical lower serum triglyceride levels and higher type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility in obese individuals with the PNPLA3 148M variant.

Obesity is highly associated with elevated serum triglycerides, hepatic steatosis and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The I148M (rs738409) genetic variant of patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 gene (PNPLA3) is known to modulate hepatic triglyceride accumulation, leading to steatosis. No associati...

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Main Authors: Colin N A Palmer, Cristina Maglio, Carlo Pirazzi, Maria Antonella Burza, Martin Adiels, Lindsay Burch, Louise A Donnelly, Helen Colhoun, Alexander S Doney, John F Dillon, Ewan R Pearson, Mark McCarthy, Andrew T Hattersley, Tim Frayling, Andrew D Morris, Markku Peltonen, Per-Arne Svensson, Peter Jacobson, Jan Borén, Lars Sjöström, Lena M S Carlsson, Stefano Romeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3377675?pdf=render