Association of a genetic variant in the angiopoietin-like protein 4 gene with metabolic syndrome

• Main Authors: Sara Kharazmi-Khorassani (Author), Jasmin Kharazmi-Khorassani (Author), Azam Rastegar-Moghadam (Author), Sara Samadi (Author), Hamideh Ghazizadeh (Author), Maryam Tayefi (Author), Gordon A. Ferns (Author), Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan (Author), Amir Avan (Author), Habibollah Esmaily (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors that include: abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and glucose intolerance. Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) is a circulating peptide that is an inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase...