Search results for "GCK"
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Genome-wide association study of non-alcoholic fatty liver and steatohepatitis in a histologically characterised cohort☆
2020
Background & Aims: Genetic factors associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remain incompletely understood. To date, most genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have adopted radiologically assessed hepatic triglyceride content as the reference phenotype and so cannot address steatohepatitis or fibrosis. We describe a GWAS encompassing the full spectrum of histologically characterised NAFLD. Methods: The GWAS involved 1,483 European NAFLD cases and 17,781 genetically matched controls. A replication cohort of 559 NAFLD cases and 945 controls was genotyped to confirm signals showing genome-wide or close to genome-wide significance. Results: Case-control analysis identified…
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption
2015
Contains fulltext : 155360.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Coffee, a major dietary source of caffeine, is among the most widely consumed beverages in the world and has received considerable attention regarding health risks and benefits. We conducted a genome-wide (GW) meta-analysis of predominately regular-type coffee consumption (cups per day) among up to 91,462 coffee consumers of European ancestry with top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) followed-up in ~30 062 and 7964 coffee consumers of European and African-American ancestry, respectively. Studies from both stages were combined in a trans-ethnic meta-analysis. Confirmed loci were examined for putative functional and b…
Glucokinase Regulatory Protein Gene Polymorphism Affects Liver Fibrosis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2014
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Variant in glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR), associated with lipid and glucose traits, has been suggested to affect fatty liver infiltration. We aimed to assess whether GCKR rs780094 C-->T SNP influences the expression of steatosis, lobular inflammation and fibrosis in NAFLD patients, after correction for PNPLA3 genotype. METHODS: In 366 consecutive NAFLD patients (197 from Sicily, and 169 from center/northern Italy), we assessed anthropometric, biochemical and metabolic features; liver biopsy was scored according to Kleiner. PNPLA3 rs738409 C>G and GCKR rs780094 C>T single nucleotide polymorphisms were also assessed. RESULTS: At multivariate logistic regression an…
MODY izraisošo mutāciju detektēšana, izmantojot eksomu sekvenēšanu
2015
MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young) ir monogēnā cukura diabēta veids, kam raksturīga autosomāli dominanta pārmantošana un simptomu izpausme pirms 25 gadu vecuma. Mutācija kādā no trim gēniem – HNF1α, HNF4α un GCK, sastāda 70-80% MODY gadījumu, tomēr pastāv vēl vismaz 10 gēni, kuros radušās mutācijas spēj izraisīt MODY simptomus. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir detektēt MODY izraisošās mutācijas, izmantojot eksomu sekvenēšanu. Eksomu sekvenēšana tika veikta 11 pacientiem no trim ģimenēm. Vienā no ģimenēm tika atrasta jauna mutācija HNF1α, kas ir tikai ģimenes locekļiem ar MODY un noteikta kā slimību izraisoša, tādējādi apstiprinot diagnozi MODY3. Bakalaura darbs tika izstrādāts Latvijas Bi…