Homozygosity for the patatin‐like... : Hepatology (original) (raw)

Steatohepatitis/Metabolic Liver Disease

Homozygosity for the patatin‐like phospholipase‐3/adiponutrin I148M polymorphism influences liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease†

Valenti, Luca1; Al‐Serri, Ahmad3; Daly, Ann K.3; Galmozzi, Enrico1; Rametta, Raffaela1; Dongiovanni, Paola1; Nobili, Valerio4; Mozzi, Enrico2; Roviaro, Giancarlo2; Vanni, Ester5; Bugianesi, Elisabetta5; Maggioni, Marco6; Fracanzani, Anna Ludovica1; Fargion, Silvia*,1,‡; Day, Christopher P.3

1Department of Internal Medicine, Università degli Studi Milano, UO Medicina Interna 1B, Fondazione Ospedale Policlinico MaRE Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milan, Italy

2Department of Surgery, Università degli Studi Milano, UO Medicina Interna 1B, Fondazione Ospedale Policlinico MaRE Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Milan, Italy

3Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

4Liver Unit, Bambin Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

5Division of Gastroenterology, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy

6UOC Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale San Paolo, Fondazione Ospedale Policlinico MaRE IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Department of Internal Medicine, Università degli Studi Milano, UO Medicina Interna 1B, Fondazione Ospedale Policlinico MaRE IRCCS, Milano, Italy===

Received January 04, 2010

Accepted February 16, 2010