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The association between sarcopenia susceptibility and polymorphisms of FTO, ACVR2B, and IRS1 in Tibetans.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Aug 2021
Zhang Xianpeng, Ye Liping, Li Xin, Chen Ying, Jiang Yaqiong, Li Wenhui, Wen Youfeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hypoxia within the plateau has a negative effect on skeletal muscle and may play a role in the development of sarcopenia in humans. Tibetans having lived in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for thousands of years, are a high-risk group for sarcopenia; however, they have a distinctive suite of genetic traits that enable them to tolerate environmental hypoxia and are genetically significantly different from...
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