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Gender-specific association of a perilipin gene haplotype with obesity risk in a white population.
Obesity research - 1 Nov 2004
Qi Lu, Shen Haiqing, Larson Ilona, Schaefer Ernst J, Greenberg Andrew S, Tregouet David A, Corella Dolores, Ordovas Jose M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Perilipin is a class of protein-coating lipid droplets in adipocytes and steroidogenic cells. Our purpose was to examine the association between common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the perilipin (PLIN) locus and obesity, as well as related phenotypes, in unrelated American...
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