A genetic mutation in PPAR gamma is associated with enhanced fat cell differentiation: implications for human obesity.

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Human obesity may have genetic causes, but determining the specific genes involved has been difficult. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) gene encodes a protein that plays an important role in the differentiation of fat cells. A mutation has been discovered in this gene which leads to a receptor that cannot be inactivated. This mutation, while probably rare, is associated with...

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