Additive effect of A → G (-3826) variant of the uncoupling protein gene and the Trp64Arg mutation of the β3-adrenergic receptor gene on weight gain in morbid obesity

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1062-1066

  Clement K ^a,b   Ruiz, J ^b,c   Cassard Doulcier, A M ^d   Bouillaud, F ^d   Ricquier, D ^d   Basdevant, A ^a   Guy Grand, B ^a   Froguel, P ^b  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

3 adrenergic receptor; Brown adipose tissue; Obesity; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; ALLELE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRION; POINT MUTATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; ALLELES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY, MORBID; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029843407     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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