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GALNT2 mRNA levels are associated with serum triglycerides in humans

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Sabrina Prudente for her helpful assistance in RNA extraction and data assessment. We thank Dr. Massimiliano Copetti for helpful assistance in statistical analyses. This research was supported by Italian Ministry of Health Grants: RC2014 RC2015(R.D.P.), RC2014 RC2015(A.M.) and RC2014 RC2015(V.T.) and PONa3_00134 (V.T.).

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  1. Research Unit of Diabetes and Endocrine Diseases, Poliambulatorio Giovanni Paolo II, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Viale Padre Pio, 71013, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

    Antonella Marucci, Davide Mangiacotti, Vincenzo Trischitta & Rosa Di Paola

  2. Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Vincenzo Trischitta

  3. Mendel Laboratory, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

    Vincenzo Trischitta

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Vincenzo Trischitta and Rosa Di Paola have equally supervised the entire study.

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Marucci, A., Mangiacotti, D., Trischitta, V. et al. GALNT2 mRNA levels are associated with serum triglycerides in humans. Endocrine 53, 331–334 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-015-0705-8

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