2010
Apolipoprotein C3 Gene Variants in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Petersen KF, Dufour S, Hariri A, Nelson-Williams C, Foo JN, Zhang XM, Dziura J, Lifton RP, Shulman GI. Apolipoprotein C3 Gene Variants in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 362: 1082-1089. PMID: 20335584, PMCID: PMC2976042, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0907295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseFatty liver diseasePlasma triglyceride clearanceLiver diseaseFat tolerance testPlasma triglyceride concentrationsInsulin resistanceApolipoprotein C3Wild-type homozygotesIndian menTriglyceride clearanceTriglyceride concentrationsC3 concentrationsTriglyceride contentApolipoprotein C3 gene variantsHealthy Asian Indian menOral fat tolerance testType 2 diabetes mellitusVariant allelesIntravenous fat tolerance testLiver triglyceride contentHepatic triglyceride contentSingle nucleotide polymorphismsVariant allele carriersHepatic insulin resistance
2006
Increased prevalence of insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Asian-Indian men
Petersen KF, Dufour S, Feng J, Befroy D, Dziura J, Man C, Cobelli C, Shulman GI. Increased prevalence of insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Asian-Indian men. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2006, 103: 18273-18277. PMID: 17114290, PMCID: PMC1693873, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608537103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAsian Indian menInsulin resistanceInsulin sensitivity indexLiver diseaseNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseOral glucose tolerance testType 2 diabetes mellitusAsian IndiansWhole-body insulin sensitivityFatty liver diseaseIL-6 concentrationsTreatment of T2DMIntramyocellular lipid contentGlucose tolerance testPathogenesis of T2DMProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyImportant therapeutic implicationsEthnic groupsDiabetes mellitusImportant ethnic differencesCaucasian manTolerance testInsulin sensitivityIntramyocellular lipidsLean individuals