Endocrine Abstracts

Background: AdipoQ gene is located at the 3rd chromosome and encodes foradiponectin which is involved in fat metabolism and insulin sensitivity and plays a protective role in diabetes and atherogenesis. AdipoQgene variants have been reported to be associated with hypertriglyceridemia and risk of diabetes in different studies. We aimed to study whether polymorphism of rs2241766 polymorphic form of AdipoQ gene & its expression in adipose tissue is associated with post prandi...