A common variant of NGEF is associated with abdominal visceral fat in Korean men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Hyun Jin ^a   Park, Jin Ho ^b   Lee, Seungbok ^a   Son, Ho Young ^a   Hwang, Jinha ^a   Chae, Jeesoo ^a   Yun, Jae Moon ^b   Kwon, Hyuktae ^c   Kim, Jong Il ^a   Cho, Belong ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; NGEF PROTEIN, HUMAN; RGS PROTEIN; RGS6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NGEF GENE; PHENOTYPE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RGS6 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH KOREAN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RGS PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84944346099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137564     Document Type: Article

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