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Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor mutations and human obesity: functional analysis.

Obesity research - 1 May 2004

Gibson William T, Pissios Pavlos, Trombly Daniel J, Luan Jian'an, Keogh Julia, Wareham Nicholas J, Maratos-Flier Eleftheria, O'Rahilly Stephen, Farooqi I Sadaf

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Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), a neuropeptide highly expressed in the lateral hypothalamus, has an important role in the regulation of energy balance and body weight in rodents. We examined whether mutations in the two known MCH receptors might be associated with obesity-related phenotypes in humans. Among 106 subjects with severe early onset obesity and a history of hyperphagia, we found two missense...

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PMID: 15166293
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.89

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