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Novel variants in the putative peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor {gamma} promoter and relationships with obesity in men.
Obesity research - 1 Jun 2005
Larsen Thomas M, Larsen Lesli H, Torekov Signe K, Ek Jakob, Black Eva, Toubro Søren, Astrup Arne, Sørensen Thorkild I A, Hansen Torben, Pedersen Oluf
Abstract excerpt
Yet unidentified variants within the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) 2 promoter may explain the inconsistent reports on associations between variants in the coding region and obesity or diabetes. Thus, we examined the putative PPARgamma2 promoter (-3371 to +43 bp) for variants in 83 subjects with obesity or type 2 diabetes. We identified eight variants, seven of which were novel,...
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