John A Tadross1,2,3, Lukas Steuernagel4, Georgina K C Dowsett1

  • 1Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Nature
|February 5, 2025
PubMed
まとめ

この研究はヒトの視床下部をマッピングし,神経細胞の種別差異を明らかにし,ボディマス指数 (BMI) に関する重要な遺伝子を特定しました. この資料は,代謝やその他の疾患の治療法を開発するのに役立ちます.

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