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Effect of the GHRL gene (rs696217) polymorphism on the metabolic disorders in patients with obesity in the Ukrainian population.
Endocrine regulations - 1 Jan 2023
Prodan Andrii, Dzubanovsky Ihor, Kamyshnyi Oleksandr, Melnyk Natalia, Grytsenko Stepan, Voloshyn Stanislava
Abstract excerpt
Objective. Over the past four decades, the prevalence of obesity has tripled and limited genetic studies with specific SNPs have been conducted, but no investigations using ghrelin and obestatin prepropeptide (GHRL) gene have been reported in the Ukrainians population. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the level of metabolic hormones in the blood of obese patients in relation to the GHRL (rs696217)...
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