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      van der Poorten, David; Shahidi, Mahsa; Tay, Enoch; Sesha, Jayshree; Tran, Kayla; McLeod, Duncan; Milliken, J; Ho, Vicki; Hebbard, Lionel; Douglas, Mark; George, Jacob
      Published 2010-01-01
      Background: Activation of hepatic CB1 receptors (CB1) is associated with steatosis and fibrosis in experimental forms of liver disease. However, CB1 expression has not been assessed in patients with chronic hepatitis C ...
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    • MBOAT7 rs641738 increases risk of liver inflammation and transition to fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C 

      Thabet, Khaled; Asimakopoulos, Anastasia; Shojaei, Maryam; Romero-Gomez, Manuel; Mangia, Alessandra; Irving, William L.; Berg, Thomas; Dore, Gregory J.; Grønbæk, Henning; Sheridan, David; Abate, Maria; Bugianes, Elisabetta; Weltman, Martin; Mollison, Lindsay; Cheng, Wendy; Riordan, Stephen; Fischer, Janett; Spengler, Ulrich; Nattermann, Jacob; Wahid, Ahmed; Rojas, Angela; White, Rose; Douglas, Mark; McLeod, Duncan; Powell, Elizabeth; Liddle, Christopher; van der Poorten, David; George, Jacob; Eslam, Mohammed; International Liver Disease Genetics Consortium
      Published 2016-01-01
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