The TM6SF2 rs58542926 T allele is significantly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese

J Hepatol. 2015 Jun;62(6):1438-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.01.040. Epub 2015 Feb 14.

Authors

Xiaoliang Wang¹, Zhipeng Liu², Zhihai Peng¹, Wanqing Liu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Shanghai First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China.
² Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
³ Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. Electronic address: liu781@purdue.edu.

PMID: 25687425
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.01.040

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Asian People / genetics
Case-Control Studies
China
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Male
Membrane Proteins / genetics*
Middle Aged
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / genetics*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

Substances

Membrane Proteins
TM6SF2 protein, human

Grants and funding

R21DK090437/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States