Resistin polymorphims plasma resistin levels and obesity in Tunisian volunteers

摘要

Adipose tissue is an important endocrine organ that secretes a number of adipokines, like Resistin ( ); it's an adipocytes‐secreted cytokine and has been proposed as a link between obesity and diabetes. Many resistin gene polymorphisms were described and their implication in obesity was controversial. This study was to investigate the prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphisms ( s) in gene 420C/G; 44G/A; 62G/A; 394C/G and 299 G/A and their association with Resistin level and obesity in Tunisian volunteers.