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Association studies of BMI and type 2 diabetes in the neuropeptide Y pathway: a possible role for NPY2R as a candidate gene for type 2 diabetes in men.
Diabetes - 1 May 2007
Campbell Catarina D, Lyon Helen N, Nemesh James, Drake Jared A, Tuomi Tiinamaija, Gaudet Daniel, Zhu Xiaofeng, Cooper Richard S, Ardlie Kristin G, Groop Leif C, Hirschhorn Joel N
Abstract excerpt
The neuropeptide Y (NPY) family of peptides and receptors regulate food intake. Inherited variation in this pathway could influence susceptibility to obesity and its complications, including type 2 diabetes. We genotyped a set of 71 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that capture the most com...
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