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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase p85alpha regulatory subunit gene PIK3R1 haplotype is associated with body fat and serum leptin in a female twin population.
Diabetologia - 1 Nov 2006
Jamshidi Y, Snieder H, Wang X, Pavitt M J, Spector T D, Carter N D, O'Dell S D
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) couples the leptin and insulin signalling pathways via the insulin receptor substrates IRS1 and IRS2. Hence, defective activation of PI3K could be a novel mechanism of peripheral leptin or insulin resistance. We investigated associations of tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) in the PI3K p85alpha regulatory subunit gene PIK3R1 with anthropometry,...
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