Genetic Variations in the Serotoninergic System Contribute to Body-Mass Index in Chinese Adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Chunhui ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^b   Moyzis, Robert ^c   He, Qinghua ^d   Lei, Xuemei ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Wang, Yunxin ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Xiu, Daiming ^a   Zhu, Bi ^a   Dong, Qi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875049510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058717     Document Type: Article

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