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Association of the UCP polymorphisms with susceptibility to obesity: case-control study and meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Aug 2014
Brondani Leticia de Almeida, de Almeida Brondani Letícia, de Souza Bianca Marmontel, Assmann Taís Silveira, Bouças Ana Paula, Bauer Andrea Carla, Canani Luís Henrique, Crispim Daisy
Abstract excerpt
This paper describes a case-control study and a meta-analysis performed to evaluate if the following polymorphisms are associated with presence of obesity: -3826A/G (UCP1); -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del (UCP2) and -55C/T (UCP3). The case-control study enrolled 282 obese and 483 non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes. A literature search was made to identify all studies that evaluated associations between UCP1-3...
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