Studies on the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene and its impact on obesity-associated diseases

Obesity has become a major health crisis in the past ∼50 years. The fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene, identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS), was first reported to be positively associated with obesity in humans. Mice with more copies of the FTO gene were observed to be obese...

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Main Authors: Chaoqun Huang, Wei Chen, Xinxia Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-11-01
Series:Genes and Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235230422200112X