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Marie-Ann Kawala (Heinrich-Heine-University)

 

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Strategies for identifying predictive biomarkers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

17 March 2016 | By , , ,

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a consequence of sedentary life styles and high fat diets, has an estimated prevalence of about 30% in western countries. It is associated with insulin resistance, obesity, glucose intolerance and drug toxicity. Additionally, polymorphisms within genes such as PNPLA3, TM6SF2, APOC3, NCAN and PPP1R3B correlate…