WDTC1, the ortholog of drosophila adipose gene, associates with human obesity, modulated by MUFA intake

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 593-600

  Lai, Chao Qiang ^a   Parnell, Laurence D ^a   Arnett, Donna K ^b   García Bailo, Bibiana ^a   Tsai, Michael Y ^c   Kabagambe, Edmond K ^b   Straka, Robert J ^d   Province, Michael A ^e   An, Ping ^f   Borecki, Ingrid B ^e   Tucker, Katherine L ^a   Ordovás, José M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EDIBLE OIL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

MUS;

EID: 60849123166     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.561     Document Type: Article

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