一般的な遺伝的変異は,成人および子供の肥満と関連しています

Alan Herbert1, Norman P Gerry, Matthew B McQueen

  • 1Department of Genetics and Genomics, Boston University Medical School, E613, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA. aherbert@bu.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 15, 2006
PubMed
まとめ

INSIG2遺伝子の近くの一般的な遺伝的変異は,肥満,遺伝的特徴および2型糖尿病のような疾患の危険因子と関連しています. この発見は,一般的な遺伝的変異が肥満の発症に大きく影響することを示唆しています.

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