Association of Metabolites with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Based on FTO Genotype.

The single nucleotide polymorphism rs9939609 of the gene FTO, which encodes fat mass and obesity-associated protein, is strongly associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in multiple populations; however, the underlying mechanism of this association is unclear. The present study aimed to inv...

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Main Authors: Yeon-Jung Kim, Heun-Sik Lee, Yun Kyoung Kim, Suyeon Park, Jeong-Min Kim, Jun Ho Yun, Ho-Yeong Yu, Bong-Jo Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4889059?pdf=render