Novel association between a nonsynonymous variant (R270H) of the G-protein-coupled receptor 120 and liver injury in children and adolescents with obesity

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 472-475

  Marzuillo, Pierluigi ^a   Grandone, Anna ^a   Conte, Mariasole ^a   Capuano, Francesco ^a   Cirillo, Grazia ^a   Di Sessa, Anna ^a   Umano, Giuseppina R ^a   Romano, Roberta ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a  

^a Seconda Univesità Degli Studi di Napoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine transaminase; G protein coupled receptor 120; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Patatin like phospholipasecontaining domain 3; Pediatric obesity

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 120; PHOSPHOLIPASE; ADIPONUTRIN, HUMAN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; O3FAR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALLELE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPASE; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84917683547     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000463     Document Type: Article

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