No correlation between PNPLA3 rs738409 genotype and fatty liver and hepatic cirrhosis in Japanese patients with HCV.

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and is also related to fatty change of the liver. Variation in patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) gene is associated with disease progression in nonalcoholi...

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Main Authors: Masato Nakamura, Tatsuo Kanda, Shingo Nakamoto, Tatsuo Miyamura, Xia Jiang, Shuang Wu, Osamu Yokosuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3859490?pdf=render