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Association of fat mass and obesity-associated and retinitis pigmentosa guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) regulator-interacting protein-1 like polymorphisms with body mass index in Chinese women.
Endocrine journal - 28 Jul 2018
Chen Boyu, Li Zhiqiang, Chen Jianhua, Ji Jue, Shen Jingyi, Xu Yufeng, Zhao Yingying, Liu Danping, Shen Yinhuan, Zhang Weijie, Shen Jiawei, Wang Yonggang, Shi Yongyong
Abstract excerpt
Body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used quantitative measure of adiposity. It is a kind of complex genetic diseases which are caused by multiple susceptibility genes. The first intron of fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) has been widely discovered to be associated with BMI. Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator-interacting protein-1 like (RPGRIP1L) is located in the upstream region of FTO and has been...
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