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G protein polymorphisms do not predict weight loss and improvement of hypertension in severely obese patients.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - 1 Nov 2004
Potoczna Natascha, Wertli Maria, Steffen Rudolph, Ricklin Thomas, Lentes Klaus-Ulrich, Horber Fritz F
Abstract excerpt
Both the gene encoding the alpha subunit of G stimulatory proteins (GNAS1) and the beta3 subunit gene (GNB3) of G proteins are associated with obesity and/or hypertension. Moreover, the TT/TC825 polymorphism of GNB3 predicts greater weight loss than the CC825 polymorphism in obese patients (mean body mass index, 35 kg/m2) undergoing a structured nonpharmacologic weight loss program. Gastric banding enforces a...
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