Journal: | Annals of hepatology |
Database: | PERIÓDICA |
System number: | 000409090 |
ISSN: | 1665-2681 |
Authors: | Grove, Jane I1 Austin, Mark2 Tibble, Jeremy2 Aithal, Guruprasad P1 Verma, Sumita2 |
Institutions: | 1Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Reino Unido 2Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brighton, East Sussex. Reino Unido |
Year: | 2016 |
Volumen: | 15 |
Number: | 2 |
Pages: | 277-282 |
Country: | México |
Language: | Inglés |
Document type: | Artículo |
Approach: | Caso clínico, descriptivo |
English abstract | Multiple genetic and environmental factors interact to determine an individual’s predisposition to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its phenotypic characteristics. Association studies have found a number of alleles associated with the development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Our aim was to investigate whether multiple risk-associated alleles may be present in affected monozygotic twins, indicating underlying genetic predisposition to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. We determined the genotype of 14 candidate gene polymorphisms (at 11 unlinked loci) in a set of monozygotic twins who presented with cirrhosis within 18 months of each other. Genotyping revealed multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms at 9 independent loci in genes PNPLA3, APOC3, GCKR, TRIB1, LYPLAL1, PPP1R3B, COL13A1, and EFCAB4B, previously implicated in contributing to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis pathogenesis. In conclusion, this case series illustrates the potential cumulative effect of multiple polymorphisms in the development and potential progression of a complex trait such as NASH cirrhosis |
Disciplines: | Medicina |
Keyword: | Gastroenterología, Genética, Hígado graso no alcohólico, Predisposición genética, Polimorfismos de nucleótido único (SNPs) |
Keyword: | Medicine, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Non alcoholic fatty liver, Genetic predisposition, Single nucleotide polymorphism |
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