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Lack of relationship between mitochondrial heteroplasmy or variation and childhood obesity.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Jan 2012
Grant S F A, Glessner J T, Bradfield J P, Zhao J, Tirone J E, Berkowitz R I, Hakonarson H, Sondheimer N
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial electron transport has a central role in regulating energy supply within a cell. We hypothesized that mitochondrial variants or increased levels of mitochondrial heteroplasmy could be associated with common childhood obesity through their effects on mitochondrial function. To investigate this question, we queried two genome-wide genotyped childhood obesity datasets, consisting of 1080...
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