Tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter polymorphisms and insulin resistance in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
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Authors: | Valenti Luca Fracanzani Anna Ludovica Dongiovanni Paola Santorelli Gennaro Branchi Adriana Taioli Emanuela Fiorelli Gemino Fargion Silvia |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy. |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND & AIMS: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which can range from fatty liver alone to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis, is related to insulin resistance. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) may induce insulin resistance, and polymorphisms of its promoter have been associated with an increased release of this cytokine. We analyzed (1) the prevalence of insulin resistance, (2) the prevalence of the 238 and 308 TNF-alpha polymorphisms, and (3) the relationship among TNF-alpha polymorphisms, insulin resistance, and the occurrence of steatohepatitis in 99 patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver diagnosed by ultrasonography and confirmed by histologic analysis in the 53 who underwent biopsy. METHODS: Insulin resistance was evaluated by the homeostatic metabolic assessment insulin resistance indices and TNF-alpha polymorphisms by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. RESULTS: Insulin resistance was detected in almost all of the patients and was more severe in those with steatohepatitis. The prevalence of the 238, but not of the 308, TNF-alpha polymorphism was higher in subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver than in controls (31% vs. 15%; P < 0.0001), and patients positive for TNF-alpha polymorphisms had higher insulin resistance indices, a higher prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance, and a lower number of associated risk factors for steatosis. CONCLUSIONS: TNF-alpha polymorphisms could represent a susceptibility genotype for insulin resistance, nonalcoholic fatty liver, and steatohepatitis. |
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Keywords: | BMI, body mass index HOMA, homeostatic metabolic assessment WILD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α |
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