An uncoupling protein 2 gene variant is associated with a raised body mass index but not Type II diabetes

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 688-692

  Cassell, P G ^a   Neverova, M ^b   Janmohamed, S ^a   Uwakwe, N ^a   Qureshi, A ^a   McCarthy, M I ^c   Saker, P J ^c   Albon, L ^a   Kopelman, P ^a   Noonan, K ^a   Easlick, J ^b   Ramachandran, A ^d   Snehalatha, C ^d   Pecqueur, C ^e   Ricquier, D ^e   Warden, C ^b   Hitman, G A ^a,f  

^a St B/the R L S of M/D   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^e Ctr de Rech sur L'E M/le D   (France)

^f ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptin; Obesity; Polymorphism; Uncoupling protein genes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032989496     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051216     Document Type: Article

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