The IRGM rs10065172 variant increases the risk for steatosis but not for liver damage progression in Italian obese children

J Hepatol. 2017 Sep;67(3):653-655. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.02.037. Epub 2017 May 5.

Authors

Giulia Bellini¹, Emanuele Miraglia Del Giudice², Valerio Nobili³, Francesca Rossi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy. Electronic address: giulia.bellini@unicampania.it.
² Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialist Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
³ Hepatometabolic Unit and Liver Research Unit of "Bambino Gesù" Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 28483681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.02.037

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Autophagy*
Child
GTP-Binding Proteins / genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease*
Obesity

Substances

GTP-Binding Proteins
IRGM protein, human