Genetics of pathways regulating body weight in the development of obesity in humans

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 991-996

  Froguel, Philippe ^a,b   Boutin, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics of obesity; Leptin pathway

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0035758099     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020122601105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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