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Common polymorphisms in SOCS3 are not associated with body weight, insulin sensitivity or lipid profile in normal female twins.
Diabetologia - 1 Feb 2006
Jamshidi Y, Snieder H, Wang X, Spector T D, Carter N D, O'Dell S D
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Inhibition of signal transduction by suppressor of cytokine signalling-3 (SOCS-3) potentially influences resistance to insulin and leptin. The aim of this study was to test the association between three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) representative of common linkage disequilibrium clusters in SOCS3 (rs4969169, rs12953258 and rs8064821) and obesity measures, insulin sensitivity measures...
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