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Heredity and cardiometabolic risk: naturally occurring polymorphisms in the human neuropeptide Y(2) receptor promoter disrupt multiple transcriptional response motifs.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 2013
Wei Zhiyun, Zhang Kuixing, Wen Gen, Balasubramanian Karthika, Shih Pei-an B, Rao Fangwen, Friese Ryan S, Miramontes-Gonzalez Jose P, Schmid-Schoenbein Geert W, Kim Hyung-Suk, Mahata Sushil K, O'Connor Daniel T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The neuropeptide Y(2) G-protein-coupled receptor (NPY2R) relays signals from PYY or neuropeptide Y toward satiety and control of body mass. Targeted ablation of the NPY2R locus in mice yields obesity, and studies of NPY2R promoter genetic variation in more than 10,000 human participants indicate its involvement in control of obesity and BMI. Here we searched for genetic variation across the human...
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