Beneficial effect of a high number of copies of salivary amylase AMY1 gene on obesity risk in Mexican children

Diabetologia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 290-294

  Mejía Benítez, María A ^a,b,c,d   Bonnefond, Amélie ^b,c,d   Yengo, Loïc ^b,c,d   Huyvaert, Marlène ^b,c,d   Dechaume, Aurélie ^b,c,d   Peralta Romero, Jesús ^e   Klünder Klünder, Miguel ^f   García Mena, Jaime ^a   El Sayed Moustafa, Julia S ^g   Falchi, Mario ^g   Cruz, Miguel ^e   Froguel, Philippe ^b,c,d,g  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b France   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

^f HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMY1; AMY1A; Childhood obesity; CNV; Copy number variation; Digital PCR; Genetics; Mexican children; Salivary amylase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; AMY1A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT CONTROL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MEXICO; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES;

EID: 84925502838     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-014-3441-3     Document Type: Article

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