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LIPE C-60G influences the effects of physical activity on body fat and plasma lipid concentrations: the Quebec Family Study.
Human genomics - 1 Jan 2009
Garenc Christophe, Vohl Marie-Claude, Bouchard Claude, Pérusse Louis
Abstract excerpt
A large body of evidence suggests that the environment plays an important role in the development of obesity. The hormone-sensitive lipase (encoded by the LIPE gene) is an intracellular enzyme that mobilises fat stores in a hormone-stimulated manner. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of the LIPE C-60G polymorphism on body fat and plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, and to test for...
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