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Association analysis of positional obesity candidate genes based on integrated data from transcriptomics and linkage analysis.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 May 2008
Jiao H, Kaaman M, Dungner E, Kere J, Arner P, Dahlman I
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CONTEXT: Obesity is a typical complex disorder resulting from behaviors promoted in westernized societies in the presence of a genetic predisposition. We hypothesized that new genes predisposing to obesity can be detected at the mRNA level. OBJECTIVE: To identify susceptibility genes for obesity. DESIGN: Linkage and expression profile data from different cohorts were combined to select novel candidate genes that...
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