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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma gene locus is related to body mass index and lipid values in healthy nonobese subjects.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 1999
Knoblauch H, Busjahn A, Müller-Myhsok B, Faulhaber H D, Schuster H, Uhlmann R, Luft F C
Abstract excerpt
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) gene has been implicated in morbid obesity and is important to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. However, the relevance of gene variations in healthy nonobese subjects has not been defined. We recruited monozygotic and dizygotic healthy nonobese twin subjects to test the hypothesis that the PPARgamma gene is important to body mass index and lipid...
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