Association of a genetic variant in the angiopoietin-like protein 4 gene with metabolic syndrome

Association of a genetic variant in the angiopoietin-like protein 4 gene with metabolic syndrome

Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors that include: abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and glucose intolerance. Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) is a circulating peptide that is an inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase...

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Main Authors: Sara Kharazmi-Khorassani, Jasmin Kharazmi-Khorassani, Azam Rastegar-Moghadam, Sara Samadi, Hamideh Ghazizadeh, Maryam Tayefi, Gordon A. Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Amir Avan, Habibollah Esmaily
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Subjects:
Metabolic syndrome
ANGPTL4
rs116843064
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12881-019-0825-8

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