Article
Implications of central obesity-related variants in LYPLAL1, NRXN3, MSRA, and TFAP2B on quantitative metabolic traits in adult Danes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Bille Dorthe S, Banasik Karina, Justesen Johanne M, Sandholt Camilla H, Sandbæk Annelli, Lauritzen Torsten, Jørgensen Torben, Witte Daniel R, Holm Jens-Christian, Hansen Torben, Pedersen Oluf
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Two meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have suggested that four variants: rs2605100 in lysophospholipase-like 1 (LYPLAL1), rs10146997 in neuroxin 3 (NRXN3), rs545854 in methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA), and rs987237 in transcription factor activating enhancer-binding protein 2 beta (TFAP2B) associate with measures of central obesity. To elucidate potential underlying...
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