The D299G/T399I Toll-Like Receptor 4 Variant Associates with Body and Liver Fat: Results from the TULIP and METSIM Studies

• Peter Weyrich,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Harald Staiger ,

  * E-mail: harald.staiger@med.uni-tuebingen.de

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Alena Stančáková,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Fausto Machicao,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Jürgen Machann,

  Affiliation Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tübingen, Germany

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• Fritz Schick,

  Affiliation Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tübingen, Germany

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• Norbert Stefan,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Johanna Kuusisto,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Markku Laakso,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

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• Silke Schäfer,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Andreas Fritsche,

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Hans-Ulrich Häring

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Paul-Langerhans-Institute Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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