Obesity risk associated with the K121Q polymorphism of the glycoprotein PC-1 gene

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 703-708

  Wan, C ^a,b   Zhang, T ^c   Wang, B ^a,b   Han, Y ^c   Zhang, C ^a,b   Zhang, Y ^c   Gong, H ^c   Jin, Feng ^a,d   Wang, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Obesity; Plasma cell membrane differentiation antigene 1; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; PROTEIN PC 1; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33749499518     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2006.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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