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SUBMITTER: Tokgoz Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5343409 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tokgöz Yavuz Y Işık Ishak Abdurrahman IA Akbari Soheil S Kume Tuncay T Sayın Oya O Erdal Esra E Arslan Nur N
Lipids in health and disease 20170309 1
<h4>Background</h4>The variations in perilipin gene (PLIN) were previously associated with obesity. We examined the association of polymorphisms at the PLIN locus in adolescents with obesity and their connection with serum adipokines.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 308 children (206 obese, 66.8% and 102 healthy control, 33.2%) between the ages of 10-18 years were included into the study. PLIN gene analysis [PLIN 1, PLIN 4, PLIN 6, PLIN 5'UTR-1234 C > G and PLIN 10171 A/T] were studied by Real Time-PC ...[more]