Article
The molecular pathogenesis of obesity: an unfinished jigsaw puzzle.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - 1 May 2000
Lee Y S, Loke K Y
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INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a common but highly complex disease, which evolved from interactions of multiple genes and the environment. In the past decade, there have been major advances in our understanding of the molecular genetics and pathogenesis of obesity, especially with regards to the genetics and functions of chemical mediators and their receptors, such as leptin, the leptin receptor, neuropeptide Y, the...
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