Venkateshwari Varadharajan, Lyappan Ramachandiran, William J Massey, Raghav Jain, Rakhee Banerjee, Anthony J Horak, Megan R McMullen, Emily Huang, Annette Bellar, Shuhui W Lorkowski, Kailash Guilshan, Robert N Helsley, Isabella James, Vai Pathak, Jaividhya Dasarathy, Nicole Welch, Srinivasan Dasarathy, David Streem, Ofer Reizes, Daniela S Allende, Jonathan D Smith, Judith Simcox, Laura E Nagy, J Mark Brown
Several recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) near the gene encoding membrane-bound O -acyltransferase 7 ( MBOAT7 ) that is associated with advanced liver diseases. In fact, a common MBOAT7 variant (rs641738), which is associated with reduced MBOAT7 expression, confers increased susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), and liver fibrosis in those chronically infected with hepatitis viruses B and C...
September 27, 2023: bioRxiv