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Torben Joergensen

Researcher at University of Copenhagen

Publications -  2
Citations -  37

Torben Joergensen is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microbiome & Single-nucleotide polymorphism. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 33 citations. Previous affiliations of Torben Joergensen include Glostrup Hospital.

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Solute carrier family 2 member 1 is involved in the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

TL;DR: Genetic variants of SLC2A1 are associated with NAFLD, and in vitro down‐regulation of this gene promotes lipid accumulation, and the oxidative response detected in siSLC1‐THLE2 cells corroborated the antioxidant properties previously related to this gene and linked the most representative clinical characteristics ofNAFLD patients: oxidative injury and increased lipid storage.
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Genetics of human gut microbiome composition

Alexander Kurilshikov, +103 more
- 28 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: A phenome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization analyses identified enrichment of microbiome trait loci SNPs in the metabolic, nutrition and environment domains and indicated food preferences and diseases as mediators of genetic effects.