Association of TMEM18 variants with BMI and waist circumference in children and correlation of mRNA expression in the PFC with body weight in rats

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-197

  Rask Andersen, Mathias ^a   Jacobsson, Josefin A ^a   Moschonis, George ^b   Chavan, Rohit A ^a   Sikder, Md Abu Noman ^a   Allzén, Elin ^a   Alsiö, Johan ^a   Chrousos, George P ^c   Manios, Yannis ^b   Fredriksson, Robert ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

FTO; obesity; TMEM18

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TMEM18 GENE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84855807541     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.176     Document Type: Article

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