Circulating Galectin-3 Levels Are Not Associated With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Maxime TremblayNicolas PerrotNooshin GhodsianÉmilie GobeilChristian CouturePatricia L MitchellSébastien ThériaultBenoit J Arsenault

Published in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2021)

This MR study revealed no causal associations between circulating galectin-3 levels and NAFLD or any other disease traits, suggesting that plasma galectin-3 levels may not be directly implicated in the pathogenesis of NAFLD or other human diseases.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
gene expression
single cell
genome wide