Uncoupling protein 3 genetic variants in human obesity: The c-55t promoter polymorphism is negatively correlated with body mass index in a UK Caucasian population

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 472-477

  Halsall, D J ^a   Luan, J ^b   Saker, P ^c   Huxtable, S ^d   Farooqi, I S ^a   Keogh, J ^a   Wareham, N J ^b   O'Rahilly, S ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Obesity; UCP3; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN C 55T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035074953     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801584     Document Type: Article

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