The Fat Mass and Obesity Associated Gene, FTO, Is Also Associated with Osteoporosis Phenotypes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Guo, Yan ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Yang, Tie Lin ^a   Li, Siyang M ^c   Li, Siyuan K ^c   Tian, Qing ^d   Liu, Yong Jun ^d   Deng, Hong Wen ^d,e  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xi'an Red Cross Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPINE; AGED; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE;

MUS;

FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIC BONES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859242566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027312     Document Type: Article

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