PNPLA3—A Potential Therapeutic Target for Personalized Treatment of Chronic Liver Disease
Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) is a lipid droplet-associated protein that has been shown to have hydrolase activity toward triglycerides and retinyl esters. The first evidence of PNPLA3 being associated with fatty liver disease was revealed by a genome-wide associati...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00304/full |