The common variant of rs6214 in insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF1) gene: a potential protective factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Mohammad SabzikarianTouraj MahmoudiSeidamir Pasha TabaeianGholamreza RezamandAsadollah AsadiHamid FarahaniHossein NobakhtReza DabiriFariborz Mansour-GhanaeiFaramarz DerakhshanMohammad Reza ZaliPublished in: Archives of physiology and biochemistry (2020)
To our knowledge, these findings suggest, for the first time, that the IGF1 rs6214 "A" allele and "AA + AG" genotype have protective effects for NAFLD susceptibility. Nonetheless, further studies are needed to validate our findings.