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No evidence for involvement of alleles of the 825-C/T polymorphism of the G-protein subunit beta 3 in body weight regulation.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Jan 2001
Hinney A, Geller F, Neupert T, Sommerlad C, Gerber G, Görg T, Siegfried W, Goldschmidt H, Remschmidt H, Ziegler A, Hebebrand J
Abstract excerpt
The 825-C/T polymorphism of the beta 3 subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein gene (GNB3) has been shown to be associated with essential hypertension in humans. Recently, it was also reported that the 825-T allele has a higher frequency in obese than non-obese hypertensives suggesting that the p...
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