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Association of gene polymorphism of the fat-mass and obesity-associated gene with insulin resistance in Japanese.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Mar 2010
Shimaoka Izumi, Kamide Kei, Ohishi Mitsuru, Katsuya Tomohiro, Akasaka Hiroshi, Saitoh Shigeyuki, Sugimoto Ken, Oguro Ryousuke, Congrains Ada, Fujisawa Tomomi, Shimamoto Kazuaki, Ogihara Toshio, Rakugi Hiromi
Abstract excerpt
It was reported that gene polymorphisms in the fat-mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) were associated with obesity and diabetes in several genome-wide association studies. A recent report indicated that FTO-knockout mice exhibited phenotypes of skinny body shape and normal metabolic profiles....
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