Association between leptin receptor (LEPR) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene variants and obesity: A case-control study

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Marti, A ^a   Santos, J L ^a,b   Gratacos, M ^c   Moreno Aliaga, M J ^a   Maiz, A ^b   Martinez, J A ^a   Estivill, X ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^d Barcelona Genotyping Node   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Case control study; Leptin receptor; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; OBESITY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 70350435972     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147683009X423355     Document Type: Article

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