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Tenomodulin is associated with obesity and diabetes risk: the Finnish diabetes prevention study.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 May 2007
Tolppanen Anna-Maija, Pulkkinen Leena, Kolehmainen Marjukka, Schwab Ursula, Lindström Jaana, Tuomilehto Jaakko, Uusitupa Matti
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We recently showed that long-term weight reduction changes the gene expression profile of adipose tissue in overweight individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). One of the responding genes was X-chromosomal tenomodulin (TNMD), a putative angiogenesis inhibitor. Our aim was to study the associations of individual single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes with adiposity, glucose metabolism, and the...
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