Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.

Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.

The obesity epidemic is responsible for a substantial economic burden in developed countries and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The disease is the result not only of several environmental risk factors, but also of genetic predisposition. To take advantage of r...

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Главные авторы: Angelo Scuteri, Serena Sanna, Wei-Min Chen, Manuela Uda, Giuseppe Albai, James Strait, Samer Najjar, Ramaiah Nagaraja, Marco Orrú, Gianluca Usala, Mariano Dei, Sandra Lai, Andrea Maschio, Fabio Busonero, Antonella Mulas, Georg B Ehret, Ashley A Fink, Alan B Weder, Richard S Cooper, Pilar Galan, Aravinda Chakravarti, David Schlessinger, Antonio Cao, Edward Lakatta, Gonçalo R Abecasis
Формат: Статья
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-07-01
Серии:PLoS Genetics
Online-ссылка:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1934391?pdf=render

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